How do everyday people—or actors who do not occupy positions of political authority—legitimate political systems? Responding to this question, I use work from sociology, political science, and cognitive science to build a theory of “Popular Political Legitimation” (PPL)—defined as everyday people's legitimation of a political system. To answer how PPL happens, we must answer two sub‐questions that address legitimacy as a normative phenomenon: 1) What are the processes of socialization through which individuals learn the norms, widely held beliefs, and values that legitimate a political system? 2) How do individuals subsequently use these norms, widely held beliefs, and/or values in their own legitimations of a political system? Thus, we see that a model of socialization is central to understanding how PPL happens. I proceed in four steps. First, I review the literature on political legitimation. Next, I review the literature on political socialization. Third, to address gaps in the two aforementioned literatures concerning a model of socialization that explains legitimation, I turn to neuroscience (for reviews see Greene, 2017; Cushman, 2020) and psychology to review models of socialization and rationalization. Finally, I synthesize these literatures to develop a theory of political socialization and how it generates PPL.

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“大众政治合法化”理论：合法化和政治社会化的双过程模型方法

每天的人们（或不担任政治权威职位的参与者）如何使政治制度合法化？为了回答这个问题，我使用社会学，政治学和认知科学方面的工作来构建“大众政治合法性”（PPL）的理论，该理论被定义为每天人们对政治制度的合法性。要回答PPL的发生方式，我们必须回答两个将合法性视为规范现象的子问题：1）个人通过哪些社会化过程学习规范，广泛持有的信念和使政治制度合法化的价值观？2）个人随后如何在自己对政治制度的合法化中使用这些规范，广泛持有的信念和/或价值观？因此，我们看到社会化模型对于理解PPL的发生方式至关重要。我分四个步骤进行。首先，我回顾有关政治合法性的文献。接下来，我回顾有关政治社会化的文献。第三，为了解决上述两篇有关解释合法性的社会化模型的文献中的空白，我转向神经科学（综述见Greene，2017; Cushman，2020）和心理学来审查社会化和合理化模型。最后，我综合这些文献来发展政治社会化理论以及它如何产生PPL。2020年）和心理学来审查社会化和合理化的模型。最后，我综合这些文献来发展政治社会化理论以及它如何产生PPL。2020年）和心理学来审查社会化和合理化的模型。最后，我综合这些文献来发展政治社会化理论以及它如何产生PPL。