Legitimacy of International Regimes

Dr Helmut Breitmeier is based at Fernuniversität in Hagen, Germany.

’Combining keen theoretical insights, exciting new empirical material, and careful analysis, Breitmeier's book makes a significant contribution to our understanding of how nonstate actors of all types promote the legitimacy - and hence the effectiveness - of international environmental regimes and thereby improve global governance and social order.’ Ronald B. Mitchell, University of Oregon, USA 'This book provides an analytically sophisticated and empirically rich explanation of patterns of legitimacy in international governance. It draws useful attention to the interplay between intergovernmental institutions and transnational actors. This is a creative blend of quantitative and qualitative scholarship applied to a challenging and important topic.' Marc A. Levy, Columbia University, USA

• Contents: Introduction; International regimes in a world of change: why legitimacy?; What is, and how can we measure the legitimacy of regimes?; Non-state actors and the legitimacy of international regimes; Regimes, case-design and coding procedure; Regimes and the reduction of uncertainties; Regimes and compliance; Regimes and management of environmental problems; Distributional consequences of environmental regimes; Non-state actors and participation in regime polities; Conclusion; References; Index.