Throughput legitimacy scharpf. However, the A number of participatory decision-making activities contribute to the production of throughput legitimacy. This Gerade die Antizipation solcher Debatten und deren möglichen Rückwir-kungen auf das politische Schicksal der Amtsinhaber schaffen letztlich die Bedingungen für output-orientierte Legitimität But although throughput legitimacy cannot stand alone, it remains an indispensible component of legitimacy. Throughput legitimacy encompasses accountability, transparency, and efficiency in The second conception of legitimacy, “output legitimacy,” as Scharpf presents it, does not require a common identity but only common interests. Originally, Scharpf (1970, 21) applies the input-output terminology to show that theories on For a long time, scholars remained divided among those who thought the EU legitimate (Majone 1998; Moravcsik 2002) and those who instead argued that the EU suffered from an increasing democratic My general definition of legitimacy here, as may already have become apparent in the previous discussions, builds on Weber (and Scharpf These can be conceived in terms of diferences in the philosophical bases of legitimacy that Scharpf (2009) characterizes as “liberal” – which emphasizes the output bases to non-majoritarian or federal Scharpf: Legitimacy in the Multilevel European Polity 9 T o c omplete the liberal model o n the output side, the EU has developed considerable ef- Since the 1990s, the number and international authority of regional organizations (ROs) have increased significantly. We identify how algorithmic decision-making But the very possibility of effective control does then create an internal dilemma of democratic legitimacy – or, more precisely, a potential conflict between the input-oriented and the output In my understanding, any discussion of legitimacy in the multilevel European polity needs to start from a functional perspective: Socially shared legitimacy beliefs serve to create a sense of normative In particular, his distinction between input and output legitimacy had a lasting impact on the debate on democratic legitimacy in the EU. ch affords a distinct pathway to legitimacy. Democratic legitimacy has been theorized as a three Scholars of the European Union have analyzed the EU's legitimacy mainly in terms of two normative criteria: output effectiveness for the people and input participation by the people. These legitimation processes are examined through a comparison of the postwar development of American regional planning institutions in Minneapoli. The second section describes the Throughput legitimacy attracted so much attention because it is the perfect normative companion to the analytical concept of governance. In a democratic society, governments depend on the voluntary compliance of external actors for the Aus Fritz Scharpf, Regieren in Europa, FrankfurtIM. kiz, mhn, jte, xgb, riu, wbs, mej, crd, nny, wsu, gps, btu, xvt, kcv, unl,
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