In the age of global politics, nation states have become emeshed in a web of multiple and interconnected layers of authority, where decisionmaking powers have been transferred to international and supranational organizations . This shift has led to new debates concerning issues of legitimacy: are western democracies and their core institutions, primarily parliaments, faced with a legitimacy crisis? How legitimate are emerging international governance structures? And how is it possible to test legitimacy? In this collection, scholars from political theory, comparative politics, and international relations explore the conceptual and methodological issues of legitimacy in an era of globalization. The volume provides an overview of the frontiers of normative and empirical legitimacy research and provides the foundations for an integrated, multi-dimensional perspective on legitimation processes.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 238-262) and index.
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Democratic legitimation : what is it, who wants it, and why? / Rodney Barker -- Criteria of democratic legitimacy / Heidrun Abromeit and Michael Stoiber -- Legitimacy, authority, and political obligation / George Klosko -- Legitimacy and the practice of political judgement / Shane Mulligan -- Political beliefs and attitudes : legitimacy in public opinion research / Bettina Westle -- Exploring the communicative dimension of legitimacy : text analytical approaches / Steffen Schneider, Frank Nullmeier and Achim Hurrelmann -- Challenging legitimacy : repertoires of contention, political claims-making, and collective action frames / Sebastian Haunss -- Legitimacy in international relations : from state compliance to citizen consensus / Jens Steffek -- Legitimacy in international or world society? / Ian Clark -- Legitimacy deficits beyond the state : diagnoses and cures / Andreas Løllesdal -- Conclusion : Legitimacy, making sense of an essentially contested concept / Achim Hurrelmann, Steffen Schneider and Jens Steffek.