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On Financial Crises and Legitimacy: A Theoretical and Empirical Inquiry

Acikgoz, Ali LU (2014) SIMV07 20141
Department of Political Science
Master of Science in Global Studies
Graduate School
Abstract
This is a work on how financial crises affect political legitimacy. Assuming that legitimacy exists as part of an ongoing process that depends on the evaluations of the citizens, 12 different crises and following executive elections from 6 countries are studied to understand, how legitimacy/legitimation could be affected by a financial crisis. The research is conducted in two parts: Firstly, a theoretical inquiry and secondly, analysis of the collected data on processes of crises. The effects, present themselves as results of ongoing troubles in the global markets: Financial crises, unless contained, create serious problems for the legitimacy of financial institutions and other institutions. The failure of legitimation depends on the... (More)
This is a work on how financial crises affect political legitimacy. Assuming that legitimacy exists as part of an ongoing process that depends on the evaluations of the citizens, 12 different crises and following executive elections from 6 countries are studied to understand, how legitimacy/legitimation could be affected by a financial crisis. The research is conducted in two parts: Firstly, a theoretical inquiry and secondly, analysis of the collected data on processes of crises. The effects, present themselves as results of ongoing troubles in the global markets: Financial crises, unless contained, create serious problems for the legitimacy of financial institutions and other institutions. The failure of legitimation depends on the ability of governments to govern accordingly, during times of crises. (Less)
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author
Acikgoz, Ali LU
supervisor
organization
course
SIMV07 20141
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
legitimacy, legitimation, financial crisis, elections, globalization
language
English
id
4464172
date added to LUP
2014-07-01 08:34:27
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2014-07-01 08:34:27
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  abstract     = {{This is a work on how financial crises affect political legitimacy. Assuming that legitimacy exists as part of an ongoing process that depends on the evaluations of the citizens, 12 different crises and following executive elections from 6 countries are studied to understand, how legitimacy/legitimation could be affected by a financial crisis. The research is conducted in two parts: Firstly, a theoretical inquiry and secondly, analysis of the collected data on processes of crises. The effects, present themselves as results of ongoing troubles in the global markets: Financial crises, unless contained, create serious problems for the legitimacy of financial institutions and other institutions. The failure of legitimation depends on the ability of governments to govern accordingly, during times of crises.}},
  author       = {{Acikgoz, Ali}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{On Financial Crises and Legitimacy: A Theoretical and Empirical Inquiry}},
  year         = {{2014}},
}