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 …

Scholars and policy makers debate whether elites and citizens hold different views of the
legitimacy of international organizations (IOs). Until now, sparse data has limited our ability …

This book addresses the consequences of legitimacy in global governance, in particular
asking: when and how do legitimacy crises affect international organizations (IOs) and their …

Once staunch advocates of international cooperation, political elites are increasingly divided
over the merits of global governance. Populist leaders attack international organizations for …

This article undertakes an empirical investigation of the relationship between structural
inequalities and legitimacy beliefs in global governance. Normative theory often emphasises …

It is commonplace to say that international organizations (IOs) face a legitimacy crisis
because they are perceived as undemocratic, unaccountable, and inefficient. Plausible as it …

This book analyzes the politics of global governance by looking at how global policymaking
actually works. It provides a comprehensive theoretical and methodological framework …

Psychological restoration and place attachment may be related to beliefs about
environmental governance, with place attachment a likely mediator. We analyze data from a …

Multilevel governance (MLG), the dispersion of authority across scale, is both an
increasingly salient observation and a stark dilemma. States are at the same time too large …

The current literature on democratic legitimacy is vital to addressing why assaults on
democracy are effective. The theoretical frameworks of the construction of legitimacy by …