Research project

Legitimacy and Justice

The legitimacy and justice of political institutions and arrangements are among the perennial and defining subjects of the field of political theory. Political theorists who participate in the research cluster ‘Legitimacy and Justice’ engage in both systematic and historical reflection on the ways legitimacy and justice inform the relations between states, between citizens, and between states and citizens. Since these relations are mediated by freedom, rights, authority, coercion, and the liberal-democratic organisation of power, these are among the core research themes of the cluster.

Contact

Tom Theuns

Members

• Tom Theuns, coordinator
• Jelena Belic
• Arjen Boin
• Mateo Cohen
• Josette Daemen
• Matthew Longo
• Floris Mansvelt Beck
• Paul Nieuwenburg
• Hans Oversloot
• Rebecca Ploof
• Jan Aart Scholte
• Tom Theuns
• Marco Verschoor
• Yuan Yi Zhu

Other research clusters within the ‘Institutions, Decisions and Collective Behaviour’ programme:

• Conflict, Conflict Resolution and Crisis Management
• Elections, Communication and Public Opinion
• European Integration
• Identity, Ethnicity and Political Community
• International Organisation
• Politics in the Netherlands
• Representation and Political Parties