legitimacy Archives - Michael Ignatieff https://michaelignatieff.ca/article/tag/legitimacy/ Professor, writer, politician Sat, 16 Oct 2021 17:06:16 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://i0.wp.com/michaelignatieff.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-Michael-Ignatieff-website-icon-512x512px.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 legitimacy Archives - Michael Ignatieff https://michaelignatieff.ca/article/tag/legitimacy/ 32 32 217957751 Science Versus Democracy https://michaelignatieff.ca/article/2020/science-versus-democracy/ Wed, 28 Oct 2020 09:00:00 +0000 https://michaelignatieff.ca/?p=1841 When the authority of science and the authority of democracy conflict and the result is a stand-off, a legitimacy vacuum can ensue, with ordinary citizens distrusting government and scientific advisers in equal measure.

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]]> 1841 The Return of Sovereignty https://michaelignatieff.ca/article/2012/the-return-of-sovereignty/ Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:00:00 +0000 https://michaelignatieff.ca/?p=1866 Originally published in The New Republic SOVEREIGNTY IS BACK. Our debates about the global economic crisis keep returning to the problem of sovereign […]

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