Legitimacy in an Age of Global Politics

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Introduction: Legitimacy in an Age of Global Politics

   1. Introduction: Legitimacy in an Age of Global Politics

      • Achim Hurrelmann, Steffen Schneider, Jens Steffek

      Pages 1-16

3. Legitimacy and Legitimation: Theoretical Perspectives

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17

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   2. Democratic Legitimation: What Is It, Who Wants It, and Why?

      • Rodney Barker

      Pages 19-34

   3. Criteria of Democratic Legitimacy

      • Heidrun Abromeit, Michael Stoiber

      Pages 35-56

   4. Legitimacy, Authority, and Political Obligation

      • George Klosko

      Pages 57-74

   5. Legitimacy and the Practice of Political Judgement

      • Shane Mulligan

      Pages 75-89

4. Legitimacy and Legitimation: Empirical Approaches

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 91-91

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   2. Political Beliefs and Attitudes: Legitimacy in Public Opinion Research

      • Bettina Westle

      Pages 93-125

   3. Exploring the Communicative Dimension of Legitimacy: Text Analytical Approaches

      • Steffen Schneider, Frank Nullmeier, Achim Hurrelmann

      Pages 126-155

   4. Challenging Legitimacy: Repertoires of Contention, Political Claims-Making, and Collective Action Frames

      • Sebastian Haunss

      Pages 156-172

5. Internationalization and the Legitimacy of Governance Arrangements Beyond the Democratic Nation State

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 173-173

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   2. Legitimacy in International Relations: From State Compliance to Citizen Consensus

      • Jens Steffek

      Pages 175-192

   3. Legitimacy in International or World Society?

      • Ian Clark

      Pages 193-210

   4. Legitimacy Deficits Beyond the State: Diagnoses and Cures

      • Andreas Føllesdal

      Pages 211-228

   5. Conclusion: Legitimacy — Making Sense of an Essentially Contested Concept

      • Achim Hurrelmann, Steffen Schneider, Jens Steffek

      Pages 229-237

6. Back Matter

   Pages 238-273

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In spite of the lack of plausible alternatives to liberal democracy, the age of globalization has ushered in serious challenges to the democratic legitimacy of the nation state. The contributors in this collection explore the frontiers of normative and empirical legitimacy research, drawing upon a range of key conceptual and methodological issues.

• democracy
• globalization
• Governance
• international relations
• internationalization
• Nation
• politics
• public opinion

• Carleton University, Canada

  Achim Hurrelmann

• Transformations of the State Research Centre, University of Bremen, Germany

  Steffen Schneider

• Centre for European Law and Politics, University of Bremen, Germany

  Jens Steffek

HEIDRUN ABROMEIT Professor of Comparative Politics, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany RODNEY BARKER Professor of Government, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK IAN CLARK Professor of International Politics, University of Wales, UK ANDREAS FØLLESDAL Director of Research and Professor of Political Philosophy, Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, University of Oslo, Norway SEBASTIAN HAUNSS Research Associate, Department of Political Science, University of Hamburg, Germany GEORGE KLOSKO Henry L. and Grace Doherty Professor, Department of Politics, University of Virginia, USA SHANE MULLIGAN Assistant Professor of Political Science, Concordia University, Canada FRANK NULLMEIER Professor of Political Science, University of Bremen, Germany MICHAEL STOIBER Senior Research Fellow, Department of Political Science, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany BETTINA WESTLE Professor of Political Science, Philipps University Marburg, Germany

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