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Editorial to the Issue on Legitimization of Private and Public Regulation: Past and Present

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  • Melanie Coni-Zimmer

    (Peace Research Institute Frankfurt, Germany)

  • Klaus Dieter Wolf

    (Peace Research Institute Frankfurt, Germany)

  • Peter Collin

    (Max Planck Institute for European Legal History, Germany)

Abstract

This thematic issue brings together research from political science and legal history about legitimacy discourses covering different forms of public–private co-regulation and private self-regulation, domestic and transnational, past and present. These forms of governance highlight the important role of non-state actors in exercising public authority. There has been a growing debate about the legitimacy of non-state actors setting and enforcing norms and providing public goods and services. However, the focus of this thematic issue is not on developing abstract criteria of legitimacy. Rather, the authors analyze legitimacy discourses around different cases of privatized or partly privatized forms of governance from the early 20 th century until today. Legitimacy is subject to empirical and not normative analysis. Legitimacy discourses are analyzed in order to shed light on the legitimacy conceptions that actors hold, what they consider as legitimate institutions, and based on what criteria. The particular focus of this thematic issue is to examine whether the significance of democratic legitimacy is decreasing as the importance of regulation exercised by private actors is increasing.

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  • Melanie Coni-Zimmer & Klaus Dieter Wolf & Peter Collin, 2017. "Editorial to the Issue on Legitimization of Private and Public Regulation: Past and Present," Politics and Governance, Cogitatio Press, vol. 5(1), pages 1-5.
  • Handle: RePEc:cog:poango:v5:y:2017:i:1:p:1-5
    DOI: 10.17645/pag.v5i1.915
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    1. Maurizio Cau, 2017. "The Public–Private Dichotomy in Fascist Corporativism: Discursive Strategies and Models of Legitimization," Politics and Governance, Cogitatio Press, vol. 5(1), pages 26-33.
    2. Elke Krahmann, 2017. "Legitimizing Private Actors in Global Governance: From Performance to Performativity," Politics and Governance, Cogitatio Press, vol. 5(1), pages 54-62.
    3. Peter Collin, 2017. "The Legitimation of Self-Regulation and Co-Regulation in Corporatist Concepts of Legal Scholars in the Weimar Republic," Politics and Governance, Cogitatio Press, vol. 5(1), pages 15-25.
    4. Klaus Dingwerth, 2017. "Field Recognition and the State Prerogative: Why Democratic Legitimation Recedes in Private Transnational Sustainability Regulation," Politics and Governance, Cogitatio Press, vol. 5(1), pages 75-84.
    5. Elke Krahmann, 2017. "Legitimizing Private Actors in Global Governance: From Performance to Performativity," Politics and Governance, Cogitatio Press, vol. 5(1), pages 54-62.
    6. Edward J. Balleisen, 2017. "American Better Business Bureaus, the Truth-in-Advertising Movement, and the Complexities of Legitimizing Business Self-Regulation over the Long Term," Politics and Governance, Cogitatio Press, vol. 5(1), pages 42-53.
    7. Klaus Dingwerth, 2017. "Field Recognition and the State Prerogative: Why Democratic Legitimation Recedes in Private Transnational Sustainability Regulation," Politics and Governance, Cogitatio Press, vol. 5(1), pages 75-84.
    8. Edward J. Balleisen, 2017. "American Better Business Bureaus, the Truth-in-Advertising Movement, and the Complexities of Legitimizing Business Self-Regulation over the Long Term," Politics and Governance, Cogitatio Press, vol. 5(1), pages 42-53.
    9. Peter Collin, 2017. "The Legitimation of Self-Regulation and Co-Regulation in Corporatist Concepts of Legal Scholars in the Weimar Republic," Politics and Governance, Cogitatio Press, vol. 5(1), pages 15-25.
    10. Maurizio Cau, 2017. "The Public–Private Dichotomy in Fascist Corporativism: Discursive Strategies and Models of Legitimization," Politics and Governance, Cogitatio Press, vol. 5(1), pages 26-33.
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