Building popular legitimacy with reconciliatory gestures and participation: A community‐level model of authority

The research tests a model of reconciliation between authorities and communities. It expands past models of legitimacy to an intergroup dynamic model by identifying two community‐level actions that legal authorities can undertake to build their popular legitimacy and promote cooperation. One type of...

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Published in:Regulation & governance 2020-10, Vol.14 (4), p.821-839
Main Authors: O'Brien, Thomas C., Tyler, Tom R., Meares, Tracey L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Community involvement
Cooperation
criminal justice reform
intergroup relations
Legitimacy
reconciliation
Residents
Social order
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Summary:The research tests a model of reconciliation between authorities and communities. It expands past models of legitimacy to an intergroup dynamic model by identifying two community‐level actions that legal authorities can undertake to build their popular legitimacy and promote cooperation. One type of action is a community‐level reconciliatory gesture: an initiative that authorities make to communities to build trust by recognizing and trying to move beyond prior negative experiences. A second involves community‐level opportunities for participating in decisions about how to manage social order. The results of this study with residents from a large metropolitan city suggest that both types of community‐level gestures can make distinct contributions to building trust in and cooperation with the police.
ISSN:1748-5983
1748-5991
DOI:10.1111/rego.12264