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Political Legitimacy

Books

The Right to Rule: How States Win and Lose Legitimacy (Columbia University Press 2009) "The Consequences of Legitimacy" (Chapter 5), Online Appendices, Perspectives on Politics review, Political Science Quarterly review

Peer-Reviewed Research Articles

"State Legitimacy: An Updated Dataset for 52 Countries", European Journal of Political Research ( 2012)
with Heike Holbig; “Reclaiming Legitimacy in China”, Politics & Policy (2010)
with Heike Holbig; “The Debate on Party Legitimacy in China: A Mixed Quantitative/Qualitative Analysis”, Journal of Contemporary China (2009)
“Legitimacy and Institutional Change: The Case of China”, Comparative Political Studies (2008)
“Thick or Thin Conceptions of Human Rights?: An Empirical Intervention”, Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy (2007)
“The Meaning and Measure of State Legitimacy: Results for 72 Countries”, European Journal of Political Research (2006)
“The Determinants of State Legitimacy: Results for 72 Countries”, International Political Science Review (2006)

Refereed Book Chapters

“Political Legitimacy in Malaysia: Regime Performance in the Asian Context”, in Lynn White (ed), Legitimacy: Ambiguities of Political Success or Failure in East and Southeast Asia (World Scientific 2005)
“Legitimacy”, in International Encyclopedia of Political Science (American Political Science Association 2010)

Policy Articles

"On Religion, Tradition, and Civic Authority in Italy,"The New Criterion (2023)
"Putting Legitimacy at the Center of Foreign Operations and Assistance" PRISM: Journal of the Center for Complex Operations, National Defense University (2014)

PowerPoint Presentations

Public Service

In 2014, I took part in a 2-day review panel to generate recommendations for the Department of Defense Stable Governance Initiative
I have advised agencies of the U.S. government on issues of legitimacy in the context of state-rebuilding in Afghanistan, Sudan, and Iraq.

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