# kaal:claim:3782214-034

**Claim.** Legitimacy requires members to believe the governance process is binding and will persist, which puts legitimacy directly at odds with a dynamic structure whose rules members know will change; in the presence of that tension stability requires the system to be balanced.

**Type.** condition  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- competitive environments
- open and escapable governance systems

**Source quote.**

> Legitimacy is at odds with a a) dynamic structure, since members recognize the process will inevitably change. In the presence of this tension, stability requires the system to be C) balanced.

**From.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, *Decentralized Governance* (2021), Eight qualities of effective decentralized governance and authentic deliberation, page 22

**Cite as.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralized Governance (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782214

**Verify.** sha256 of source PDF `ba892bb200c1455447c0014f5067a501a93ea9ec413c31942d95952eb3bdfd9d` at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wulfkaal/Academic-Papers/main/papers/pdf/Calcaterra%20and%20Kaal%20-%202021%20-%20Decentralized%20Governance.pdf

**Topics.** governance-design

**Keywords.** legitimacy, deliberative-democracy, governance-qualities, network-stability

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