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

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: O'Brien, Thomas C.; Tyler, Tom R.; Meares, Tracey L.
• 署名单位: Yale University
• 刊物名称: REGULATION & GOVERNANCE
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1748-5983
• DOI: 10.1111/rego.12264
• 发表日期: 2020
• 页码: 821-839
• 关键词: procedural-justice; intergroup contact; social identity; democratic-theory; extended contact; satisfaction; VOICE; engagement; networks; members

摘要

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.