ISSN:0265-8240    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9930.1986.tb00379.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1986

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

Legitimacy is a much used concept in the social sciences. However, the absence of precise operational meaning has prompted questions about its utility as an explanation of compliance with social norms. Most recently, Alan Hyde has argued that legitimacy cannot be disentangled from other explanations of compliance such as coercion and self‐interest and should, therefore, be abandoned. However, institutional, attitudinal, and behavioral dimensions of legitimacy can be operationalized. As part of our research on small claims courts we examined variations in institutional processes and legitimacy, gathered data on levels of voluntary compliance, and questioned defendants about their reasons for paying claims against them. We conclude that institutional legitimacy is related to voluntary compliance, and that the “language of obligation” is an important part of normal discourse. Operational meanings for legitimacy are available and empirical research about legitimacy should be a prominent part of the social science research a

ISSN:0265-8240    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9930.1986.tb00380.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1986

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

Wuori v Zitnay (1975), an institutional reform case, came to a successful resolution within a relatively few years. This case study describes the change process from the perspective of the special master and reports on devices used to sustain the changes after the court relinquished active supervision. The case study describes the functioning of masters in other cases to show the comparability of the processes. The special master undertakes change agent activities which are not in keeping with the model of a quasi‐judicial role. The master preserves the court's legitimacy by providing a buffer which allows the court to maintain a neutral stance when implementation problems are brought to its attentio

ISSN:0265-8240    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9930.1986.tb00381.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1986

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0265-8240    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9930.1986.tb00382.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1986

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0265-8240    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9930.1986.tb00383.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1986

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0265-8240    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9930.1986.tb00384.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1986

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

What importance does Galanter's Competing Equalities have for non‐Indianists or, more specifically, for American students of law and social change with respect to racial and ethnic discrimination? To engage in understatement, muc

ISSN:0265-8240    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9930.1986.tb00385.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1986

数据来源: WILEY