Legitimacy: Ethnographic and Theoretical Insights

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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. Front Matter ....Pages i-xv Ethnographies of Legitimacy: Methodological and Theoretical Insights (Italo Pardo, Giuliana B. Prato)....Pages 1-25 On the Legitimacy of Democratic Representation: Two Case Studies from Europe (Giuliana B. Prato)....Pages 27-56 Governance Without Legitimacy: An Italian Conundrum of Democracy (Italo Pardo)....Pages 57-82 Legitimating Poverty: The Minimum Guaranteed Income Pilot Case (Manos Spyridakis)....Pages 83-103 Legal but Not Legitimate: The Changing Practices of Financial Citizenship in Turkey (Z. Nurdan Atalay)....Pages 105-123 Changing Contours of Legitimacy in Neighbourhoods: Reflections from a Town in North Kerala (Janaki Abraham)....Pages 125-143 Privatization of Urban Governance and Legitimacy Disputes in a Social Housing Megaproject in Soacha, Colombia (Adriana Hurtado-Tarazona)....Pages 145-167 Undermining Governmental Legitimacy at the Grass Roots: The Role of Inflated Expectations of Community Accountability (Jerome Krase, Kathryn Krase)....Pages 169-192 Detachment and Commitment to Legitimacy: The Case of Viger Square in Montreal (Nathalie Boucher)....Pages 193-215 In or Out? Emerging Urban Practices of Citizenship in East Africa (Lucy Koechlin)....Pages 217-234 Citizenship and Legitimacy: Kolkata’s Anglo-Indian Experiences (Robyn Andrews)....Pages 235-257 Conflicting Loyalties and Legitimate Illegality in Urban South Lebanon (Marcello Mollica)....Pages 259-279 Morality and Legitimacy in the Sewŏl Protest in South Korea (Liora Sarfati)....Pages 281-303 Romani Political Participation and Legitimization of Power Relations in the Czech Republic (Zdeněk Uherek)....Pages 305-328 Back Matter ....Pages 329-338