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Legitimacy in an age of global politics

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Transformations of the StatePublication details: Palgrave Macmillan 2007 New YorkDescription: xiii, 273 p. Includes bibliographical references and indexISBN:
  • 9781349355778
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.011 L3
Summary: 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. https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9780230518100#aboutBook
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Contents

1. Introduction: Legitimacy in an Age of Global Politics
Part I Legitimacy and Legitimation : Theoretical Perspectives
2. Democratic Legitimation: What Is It, Who Wants It, and Why?
3. Criteria of Democratic Legitimacy
4. Legitimacy, Authority, and Political Obligation
5. Legitimacy and the Practice of Political Judgement
Part II Legitimacy and Legitimation : Empirical Approaches
6. Political Beliefs and Attitudes: Legitimacy in Public Opinion Research
7. Exploring the Communicative Dimension of Legitimacy: Text Analytical Approaches
8. Challenging Legitimacy: Repertoires of Contention, Political Claims-Making, and Collective Action Frames
Part III Internationalization and the Legitimacy of Governance Arrangements Beyond the Democratic Nation State
9. Legitimacy in International Relations: From State Compliance to Citizen Consensus
10. Legitimacy in International or World Society?
11. Legitimacy Deficits Beyond the State: Diagnoses and Cures
12. Conclusion: Legitimacy - Making Sense of an Essentially Contested Concept

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.

https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9780230518100#aboutBook

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