Legitimacy of Regional Integration in Europe and the Americas

Jared Bok, Emory University, USAConstantine Boussalis, Trinity College Dublin, IrelandBrian Bow, Dalhousie University, CanadaPieter de Wilde, Social Science Research Center, GermanyFrancesco Duina, University of British Columbia, CanadaRomy Escher, University of Regensburg, GermanyDieter Fuchs, University of Stuttgart, GermanyAchim Hurrelmann, Carleton University, CanadaJennifer Merolla, University of California, Riverside, USACaryn Peiffer, University of Birmingham, UKAndrea Ribeiro Hoffmann, Free University of Berlin, GermanyPia Riggirozzi, University of Southampton, UKIan Robinson, University of Michigan, USASteffen Schneider, University of Bremen, GermanyMitchell A. Seligson, Vanderbilt University, USAVirginie Van Ingelgom, Université catholique de Louvain, BelgiumDaniel Zizumbo-Colunga, Vanderbilt University, USA

"This book analyses politicization and legitimation of regional governance in Europe and the Americas. The chapters demonstrate convincingly that legitimacy matters for regional integration. Although scholarship on legitimacy in the EU has grown in recent years the topic has so far only received scant attention in relation to integration efforts in North and South America. This is a solid and important contribution to the literature on comparative regional integration." - Finn Laursen, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

• 1. Understanding the Legitimacy of Regional Integration: A Comparative and Mixed-Method Perspective; Steffen Schneider; Achim Hurrelmann PART I. POLITICIZATION AND LEGITIMATION TRENDS IN EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN REGIONALISM 2. The Politicization of European Integration: Towards Democratic Renationalization?; Pieter de Wilde 3. Legitimacy, Politicization and Regional Integration in North America; Brian Bow 4. Politicization and Legitimacy in MERCOSUR; Andrea Ribeiro Hoffmann PART II. REGIONAL INTEGRATION AND PUBLIC OPINION 5. Is There a Legitimacy Crisis in the European Union?; Dieter Fuchs; Romy Escher 6. Identity and Public Support for North American Integration; Constantine Boussalis; Jennifer Merolla; Caryn Peiffer 7. Economic Evaluations and Support for Free Trade in Latin America and the Caribbean; Daniel Zizumbo-Colunga; Mitchell A. Seligson PART III. REGIONAL INTEGRATION AND PUBLIC DISCOURSES 8. Citizens' Legitimation Discourses on European Integration; Virginie Van Ingelgom 9. Is North American Regionalism Less Politicized than European Integration? Evidence from Focus Groups; Achim Hurrelmann; Steffen Schneider 10. Public (De-)Legitimation of Regionalism in North and South America: NAFTA and MERCOSUR in the US and Brazilian Quality Press; Steffen Schneider PART IV. THE CONTENTIOUS POLITICS OF REGIONAL INTEGRATION 11. Subnational Movements and the Politicization of NAFTA and the EU; Francesco Duina; Jared Bok 12. What the NAFTA Fight Teaches about Trade Policy Politicization and Legitimation; Ian Robinson 13. The Social Turn and Contentious Politics in Latin American Post-neoliberal Regionalism; Pia Riggirozzi PART V. CONCLUSION 14. The Contested Legitimacy of Regional Integration; Achim Hurrelmann; Steffen Schneider