Legitimacy: 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

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