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Exploring citizens’ judgments about the legitimacy of public policies on refugees

dc.contributor.authorCanelo, Maria José
dc.contributor.authorOliveira, Evandro
dc.contributor.authorLuoma-aho, Vilma
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-06T17:13:01Z
dc.date.available2020-11-06T17:13:01Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractPurpose To introduce a theoretical frame regarding the meaning of legitimacy as an intangible asset of the public sector; to test a way of operationalizing legitimacy typologies that allows exploring and comparing how citizens from two countries evaluate the legitimacy of public policies; to suggest implications for governments’ legitimacy-building strategies in shared international crisis, such as the refugees coming from the Syrian-region. Design/methodology/approach Building on Suchman’s typology, it was defined and categorized different types of legitimacy into concrete measurable, communication related statements concerning consequential, procedural, structural and personal. For the illustrative example, four focus groups were conducted in two different European societies as a mean to have two poles of comparison. Findings The paper reports current understanding of legitimacy by citizens, discusses how different legitimacy types might demand different communication and public diplomacy approaches. The basis for hypothesis for further research on how governments should build legitimacy during emerging societal issues such as immigration policies is set. Practical implications It proposes a typology and its operationalization, discusses how communication might shape legitimacy and profiles the challenge governments have in building it. Within a public diplomacy context, it brings clues for new strategies to the challenge of explaining policies on international crisis combining the tension of domestic with foreign publics. Originality/value There is little research so far in search for clues for communication strategies for the legitimacy of policies on the 2015 European refugee´s crisis. This contributes to the emerging area of intangible assets in the public sector and tests a focus group research strategy with both hermeneutical and pragmatic aims. Combine public diplomacy theory with public sector intangible assets theory to respond to the tension of internal and external publics demands.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.doi10.1108/JCOM-02-2017-0025pt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/10523
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.subjectLetimidadept_PT
dc.subjectComunicação Públicapt_PT
dc.subjectComunicação Governamentalpt_PT
dc.subjectDiplomacia Públicapt_PT
dc.titleExploring citizens’ judgments about the legitimacy of public policies on refugeespt_PT
dc.title.alternativeIn search of clues for governments’ communication and public diplomacy strategiespt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.endPage369pt_PT
oaire.citation.issue4pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage355pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleJournal of Communication Managementpt_PT
oaire.citation.volume21pt_PT
person.familyNameCanelo
person.familyNameRibeiro dos Santos Oliveira
person.familyNameLuoma-aho
person.givenNameMaria José
person.givenNameEvandro Samuel
person.givenNameVilma
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