Deliberative democracy, without intending to totally challenge, on the one hand, "[the] aggregation as a decision rule" (Chambers 2012: 52), and without necessarily intending, on the other, to replace the existing institutions of democracy (Steiner et al. 2004), tries to compete with representative models, seeking solutions that guarantee higher levels of legitimacy to the said regime.
In the most stressed neighborhoods, low levels of legitimacy are clearly linked to high levels of violence.
It would lead to lower oil prices, less spending on arms, and a loss of whatever slim levels of legitimacy is possessed by Arab dictators and monarchs, and open up the chance the the people of the region would decide to spend their money on things other than buying up overpriced U.S. weapons, consumer debt, and high end real estate.
Last month's convention was notable for how much time was devoted to consideration of how to hold together the strong-willed, and frequently headstrong, members of the movement, and maintain surprisingly high levels of legitimacy in the minds of rank-and-file voters.
Fourth, networks can be perceived as effective despite lack of trust, or inflexibility; but some characteristics, such as low levels of legitimacy or of relational governance, seem to be occurring more often among the less effective networks.
At the same time, the significant economic growth levels enables local residents to cope with some tariff increases, the poor and disadvantaged have been subsidized by the government, job losses have been minimized following social policies, and public hearings have contributed to higher levels of legitimacy.
A victory for Harrington might bring a new level of legitimacy to extracting truth mechanically.
Direct democracy would confer a new level of legitimacy and power on the EU.
Adding a contest element, Terwiesch said, gives the crowd-sourcing process a level of legitimacy and helps motivate potential contributors.
It also received untold news coverage, bringing the debate a new level of legitimacy in the eyes of many supporters.
But in March, he will be a very different president, a president with a different level of legitimacy".
