Legitimitet og borgerkriges opståen: befolkningens oversete motiver
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https://doi.org/10.7146/politica.v48i1.131416Resumé
Denne artikel argumenterer for, at systematisk inddragelse af legitimitetsbegrebet bidrager til en forståelse af borgerkrigsudbrud. Først belyses legitimitetsbegrebets konceptuelle dimensioner og teoretiske relevans. Legitimitet defineres som folkets opfattelse af regeringen som retmæssig magthaver. Dernæst konstrueres et legitimitetsindeks med udgangspunkt i surveydata fra 49 stater på tværs af verdensdele. På baggrund af denne måling illustreres det, at legitimitet indfanger oversete motiver blandt befolkningen, hvilket medvirker til at forklare fred i lande som Jordan og Ghana og borgerkrig i lande som Nigeria og Ukraine.
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