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Die vielfältigen Formen der europäischen Mehrebenenverwaltung zeigen eine zunehmende "Zerfaserung" des Staates durch Funktionsverlagerungen auf die europäische Ebene, auf transnational wirkende andere Mitgliedstaaten und auf die Ebene gesellschaftlicher Selbstorganisation. Zugleich sind neue "Verflechtungen" in Gestalt mehrstufiger Verwaltungsverfahren zu beobachten. Die eher ad hoc gefundenen Lösungen bedürfen gemeinschaftsverfassungsrechtlicher Strukturierung. Das gilt zum einen für die Frage, welche Verwaltungsaufgabe welcher Ebene zukommt, zum anderen für die organisatorische Ausgestaltung der Ebenen und ihrer Kombination in mehrstufigen Verfahren. Der Beitrag entwickelt verfassungsrechtliche Maßstäbe der Zuteilung und Legitimation der dispersen Verwaltungsbefugnisse und wendet sie auf die vorfindlichen Gestaltungen an. ; Forms of European multi-level administration show an increased "defibration" of the state through a shift of functioning onto the European level, onto other transnationally acting member states and onto the level of social self-organisation. At the same time a new "complexity" is to be observed in the form of a multi-level administrative procedure. The rather ad hoc found solutions need a common structuring under constitutional law. On the one hand this is valid for the question which administrative task belongs to which level and on the other hand for the organisational design of its levels and their combination in multi-level procedures. This article develops measures under constitutional law of allocation and legitimation of disperse authority of administration and applies them to the existing designs.

This paper seeks to advance understanding of how new social ventures can gain legitimacy in authoritarian contexts. Through a study of a new disability rights organization in post-revolutionary Egypt, we theorize how authoritarianism poses distinct challenges for social ventures that require different legitimation strategies than those commonly reported in the literature. Specifically, we use our case study to build a theoretical model that suggests social ventures need to achieve optimal assimilation by balancing protective disguise with harmonious advocacy. By explicitly theorizing social venture legitimation in authoritarian contexts, we advance the budding literature on social venture legitimation that has so far predominantly considered legitimation in more democratic contexts. Moreover, our study shows that organizational legitimacy may need to be conceptualized differently when examining social ventures—and indeed other forms of organization—in authoritarian regimes.

An exploration of various campaigns in Nigeria since the mid-1970s that purportedly sought to mobilize the people against economic & social injustices, which were exacerbated by the economic crisis. The overt goals of these campaigns were based on a neutral ideology of prudence, honesty, & the Protestant work ethic. It is argued here, however, that this ideological neutrality was a smoke screen, & that the people were misinformed in order to mobilize them against their own best interests. The Jaji Declaration of 12 Sept 1977, the Ethical Revolution of 1981-1983, & the War against Indiscipline of 1984/85 are among the campaigns cited as examples of this pseudopopular mobilization. These efforts have actually aggravated both the economic & the legitimation crisis of the Nigerian State. J. W. Stanton

Sociologists have always recognized the "double function" of religion in the legitimation of power and privilege and in protest and opposition, but theories of secularization and modernization predicted the declining significance of religion in contemporary public life. We review new approaches to religious activism and legitimation efforts in the United States and in the world-system that stress the interrelatedness of religion and politics. Then we evaluate the contributions of new theories of social movements and culture, Marxism, and feminism to new conceptualizations of the relationships among religious struggles, inequality, and political order today.

"How do dictatorships justify their rule and with what effects? This and similar questions guide the contributions to this edited volume. Despite the recent resurgence of political science scholarship on autocratic resilience, many questions remain unanswered about the role of legitimation in contemporary non-democracies and its relationship with neighbouring concepts, like ideology, censorship, and consent. The overarching thesis of this book is that autocratic legitimation has causal influence on numerous outcomes of interest in authoritarian politics. These outcomes include regime resilience, challenger-state interactions, the procedures and operations of elections, social service provision, and the texture of everyday life in autocracies. Researchers of autocratic politics will benefit from the rich contributions of this volume.The chapters in this book were originally published in a special issue of Contemporary Politics."--Provided by publisher