Through the Looking Glass: Political Legitimacy from Multiple Angles Workshop held at UCL , 13 July 2019, 9-19:30
Panel 1: Frameworks of legitimacy
Chair: Albert Weale (UCL, Political Theory and Public Policy)
- Amanda Greene (UCL, Political Philosophy): The Logic of Legitimacy
- Richard Bellamy (UCL, Political Science): A Republican Account of Legitimacy
- Tom Christiano (University of Arizona, Philosophy): How to think about legitimacy in international institutions
Panel 2: Legitimacy in practice
Chair: Oliver Gerstenberg (UCL, Laws)
- Silje Aambø Langvatn (Oslo, Public and International Law, formerly Pluricourts): What is it we disagree about, when we disagree about the legitimacy of an institution?
- Nomi Lazar (Yale/National University of Singapore College, Political Theory): Rhetorical framing in dynamic practices of legitimation
- Rodney Barker (LSE, Government): Who is legitimation for?
Panel 3: Legitimacy and the law, and law enforcement
Chair Nomi Lazar (Yale/National University of Singapore College, Political Theory)
- Justice Tankebe (Cambridge University, Criminology): Legitimacy in Criminology
- Jon Jackson (LSE, Methodology): Norms, normativity and the legitimacy of legal authorities
- Ben Bradford (UCL, Security and Crime Science/Global City Policing): Police legitimacy and social identity
Panel 4: Consequences, measures, and crises of legitimacy
Chair: Claudia Sternberg
- Alicia Blanco González (King Juan Carlos University, Business Administration): European state legitimacy: a cross-country comparison
- Thomas Sommerer (University of Stockholm, Political Science): The consequences of legitimacy in global governance
- Chris Lord (Arena Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo, Politics): What power relations require justification in the case of the European Union? Implications for legitimacy crisis
Closing session: Can your answers help to question my questions?
Chair: Richard Bellamy