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The point of the library is to consider all major aspects of legitimate governance. Institutions need to be official -- acknowledged as a part of the socio-political-economic milieu. In the current environment, this implies that organizations have positioned themselves and c an express themselves within networks that are socially and politically accepted, that are largely electronic and representative of computer-mediated communication, calculation, etc.
We refer to this as immersion. I could also be said that they are thus “official.”To be legitimate fully, organizations also need to carry out activities that are specifically expected of them in ways seen by their supporters, customers, constituencies, etc., as appropriate and helpful. In the case of the fundamental responsibilities of government, this second area is both serious and challenging. This second factor, considering social and technical functions, is fluidity, particularly the fluid transfer and use of knowledge-based processes that relate to the requirements of organizations generally and the particular sectors in question.
Legitimacy of organizations is thus achieved by means of both immersion and fluidity, which concepts are otherwise described as socio-political legitimacy and cognitive legitimacy.