Suppression of widespread dissent will exacerbate the legitimacy crisis of the Islamic-based order and weaken it domestically and internationally.
China's new leaders have come to power during a serious legitimacy crisis, with a nation eager for political reforms.
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The short answer is money and an acute legitimacy crisis in the Muslim world in the last quarter of the 20th century.
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Beyond the politics, the party faces a legitimacy crisis among the public.
Recent polling suggests a "legitimacy crisis" in the Third Branch.
Fears of a real legitimacy crisis, in the sense of a substantial section of the country refusing to obey presidential orders by appealing to a competing source of authority, have vanished.
The Islamic Republic has never faced such a deep crisis of legitimacy in its turbulent 30-year history.
Some, such as Amir Mohebbiyan, a conservative columnist for Resalat, say there is no crisis of legitimacy.
Cherry-picking the constitution is not in any case a response to the crisis of legitimacy revealed by these votes.
It is not surprising that Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua have supported Qaddafi's regime despite the severe crisis of legitimacy it is now facing.
The financial crisis of 1997-1998 poses a challenge to the political legitimacy of the regime similar in magnitude to the ideological crisis of 1989-1991.
But it is clear that the Islamic Republic is facing an unprecedented crisis of authority and legitimacy.
The main reason is to explain its decisions better and restore some legitimacy with a public still seething after crisis-era bail-outs.
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However, a period of relative stability began with Mr Lobo's election and many governments, including the US, proceeded to recognise the Honduran government's legitimacy and re-established the ties cut during the height of the crisis.
But as the crisis persists, austerity drags on and the euro zone integrates to save itself, the legitimacy of the enterprise will suffer.
According to Mr Cameron, the austerity measures taken to deal with the crisis in the eurozone have given added urgency to the issue of the EU's democratic legitimacy.
"If you talk to the Chinese or talk to anyone from emerging markets they say the IMF doesn't have legitimacy and... we don't trust the IMF to come and rescue us in a crisis, " Simon Johnson, former chief economist at the IMF, told the BBC.
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