Sentence examples for on legitimacy from inspiring English sources

If the union has to change its policies, we cannot escape a discussion on the political dimension and on legitimacy.

And Mr. Putin, whose robust popularity is a cornerstone of his government's claim on legitimacy, seems to be taking a hit himself.

The soldiers' views on legitimacy reinforced his own natural desire to found a dynasty, but he had no son and was therefore obliged to select his successor.

At a time when all the big ideologies have failed to deliver for Arabs, Fayyad says he wants a government based on "legitimacy by achievement".

"It's historic in that up until today, Putin had some claim on legitimacy as a political leader, but now that he has run this fake election marked by mass fraud to become emperor, he has none".

But it also suffered from political uncertainty: investors had to wonder whether a government that had a questionable claim on legitimacy, that had staked its claim to power mainly on its supposed ability to deliver prosperity, could survive a major economic downturn.

The commissions managed to avoid the politicization of climate science and achieved closure on its legitimacy early on (Beck 2004; Krueck et al. 1999; Weingart et al. 2000).

"It's a form of rule based on results, efficacy, not on democratic legitimacy," he said.

They have been followed by Kumar and Das (2007) on interpartner legitimacy in alliance development processes and Person et al. (2011) on interpartner legitimacy in regional strategic networks.

I insisted on the legitimacy of my convictions.

American democracy is still pretty robust but there are some worrying signs on the legitimacy front.