Legitimacy of Regional Authorities in the context of Centralization and Authoritarian Tendencies

Student: Akhiev Anton

Educational Programme: Bachelor

Final Grade: 9

Year of Graduation: 2014

According to the graduate project legitimacy is «The belief that in spite of shortcomings and failures, the existing political institutions are better than any others that might be established». At the same time, the concept was operationalized via electoral behavior and citizens’ trust to the institutions. The research methods were emphasized on regressive analysis and analysis of sociological data.

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