President’s WelcomeLegitimacy: Ethnographic and Theoretical Insights
Italo Pardo and Giuliana B. Prato (editors)
Palgrave MacMillan, 2019
Global in scope, this original and thought-provoking collection applies new theory on legitimacy and legitimation to urban life. An informed reflection on this comparatively new topic in anthropology in relation to morality, action, law, politics and governance is both timely and innovative, especially as worldwide discontent among ordinary people grows. The ethnographically-based analyses offered here range from banking to neighbourhoods, from poverty to political action at the grassroots. They recognize the growing gap between the rulers and the ruled with particular attention to the morality of what is right as opposed to what is legal. This book is a unique contribution to social theory, fostering discussion across the many boundaries of anthropological and sociological studies.
Contents
On the Legitimacy of Democratic Representation: Two Case Studies from Europe
Prato, Giuliana B.
Governance Without Legitimacy: An Italian Conundrum of Democracy
Pardo, Italo
Legitimating Poverty: The Minimum Guaranteed Income Pilot Case
Spyridakis, Manos
Legal but Not Legitimate: The Changing Practices of Financial Citizenship in Turkey
Atalay, Z. Nurdan
Changing Contours of Legitimacy in Neighbourhoods: Reflections from a Town in North Kerala
Abraham, Janaki
Privatization of Urban Governance and Legitimacy Disputes in a Social Housing Megaproject in Soacha, Colombia
Hurtado-Tarazona, Adriana
Undermining Governmental Legitimacy at the Grass Roots: The Role of Inflated Expectations of Community Accountability
Krase, Jerome (et al.)
Detachment and Commitment to Legitimacy: The Case of Viger Square in Montreal
Boucher, Nathalie
In or Out? Emerging Urban Practices of Citizenship in East Africa
Koechlin, Lucy
Citizenship and Legitimacy: Kolkata’s Anglo-Indian Experiences
Andrews, Robyn
Conflicting Loyalties and Legitimate Illegality in Urban South Lebanon
Mollica, Marcello
Morality and Legitimacy in the Sewŏl Protest in South Korea
Sarfati, Liora
Romani Political Participation and Legitimization of Power Relations in the Czech Republic
Uherek, Zdeněk
