Legitimacy in an Age of Global Politics

HEIDRUN ABROMEIT Professor of Comparative Politics, Technical University of Darmstadt, GermanyRODNEY BARKER Professor of Government, London School of Economics and Political Science, UKIAN CLARK Professor of International Politics, University of Wales, UKANDREAS FØLLESDAL Director of Research and Professor of Political Philosophy, Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, University of Oslo, NorwaySEBASTIAN HAUNSS Research Associate, Department of Political Science, University of Hamburg, GermanyGEORGE KLOSKO Henry L. and Grace Doherty Professor, Department of Politics, University of Virginia, USASHANE MULLIGAN Assistant Professor of Political Science, Concordia University, CanadaFRANK NULLMEIER Professor of Political Science, University of Bremen, GermanyMICHAEL STOIBER Senior Research Fellow, Department of Political Science, Technical University of Darmstadt, GermanyBETTINA WESTLE Professor of Political Science, Philipps University Marburg, Germany

• Introduction: Legitimacy in an Age of Global Politics; A.Hurrelmann, S.Schneider & J.Steffek PART ONE: LEGITIMACY AND LEGITIMATION: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES Democratic Legitimation: What is It, Who Wants It, and Why?; R.Barker Criteria of Democratic Legitimacy; H.Abromeit & M.Stoiber Legitimacy, Authority, and Political Obligation; G.Klosko Legitimacy and the Practice of Political Judgement; S.Mulligan PART TWO: LEGITIMACY AND LEGITIMATION: EMPIRICAL APPROACHES Political Beliefs and Attitudes: Legitimacy in Public Opinion Research; B.Westle Exploring the Communicative Dimension of Legitimacy: Text Analytical Approaches; S.Schneider, F.meier & A.Hurrelmann Challenging Legitimacy: Repertoires of Contention, Political Claims-Making, and Collective Action Frames; S.Haunss PART THREE: INTERNATIONALIZATION AND THE LEGITIMACY OF GOVERNANCE ARRANGEMENTS BEYOND THE DEMOCRATIC NATION STATE Legitimacy in International Relations: From State Compliance to Citizen Consensus; J.Steffek Legitimacy in International or World Society?; I.Clark Legitimacy Deficits Beyond the State: Diagnoses and Cures; A. Føllesdal Conclusion; A.Hurrelmann, S.Schneider & J.Steffek