In recent years, the world has seen a rising backlash against globalization. This article
reviews the nature, causes, and consequences of the globalization backlash. It shows that …

While legitimacy dynamics are paramount in global governance, they have been
insufficiently recognized, conceptualized, and explained in standard accounts of …

Legitimacy is central to the functioning of global governance institutions (GGIs) such as the
European Union (EU) and the United Nations. There is a vibrant debate about legitimacy in …

Contemporary society has witnessed major growth in global governance, yet the legitimacy
of global governance remains deeply in question. This book offers the first full comparative …

Social legitimacy is central to the effectiveness of international organisations (IOs). Yet, so
far, we have little systematic knowledge about what drives citizens to support or oppose IOs …

This article offers the first systematic and comparative analysis of the effects of elite
communication on citizen perceptions of the legitimacy of international organizations (IOs) …

The article presents a top-down approach to the study of the empirical legitimacy of
international institutions. It starts from the observation that international institutions' …

Legitimacy is central for the capacity of global governance institutions to address problems
such as climate change, trade protectionism, and human rights abuses. However, despite …

International organizations like the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund, or the
European Union are a defining feature of contemporary world politics. In recent years, many …

This introductory framing paper theorizes the role of legitimation—the public justification of
policy—in the making of grand strategy. We contend that the process of legitimation has …