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Conceptualizing Legitimacy, Measuring Legitimating Beliefs

Margaret Levi; Audrey Sacks; Tom Tyler · American Behavioral Scientist 53(3), 354–375 · 2009

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Margaret Levi; Audrey Sacks; Tom Tyler
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DOI 10.1177/0002764209338797
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2026-09-01

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EstablishedUsing survey data from African countries, Levi, Sacks and Tyler found that citizens who saw government as trustworthy and procedurally fair were more willing to defer to the police, courts and tax authorities.