Legitimacy in an Age of Global Politics (Transformations of the State)
Contributors: Achim Hurrelmann (Editor); Steffen Schneider (Editor); Jens Steffek (Editor)
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: January 22, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780230518100
Subjects: International relations; Political science & theory; Political structures: democracy; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Globalization; International Relations - General; Political Ideologies - General; Political Science / Political Ideologies / General
Description: In the age of global politics, nation states have become emeshed in a web of multiple and interconnected layers of authority, where decisionmaking powers have been transferred to international and supranational organizations . This shift has led to new debates concerning issues of legitimacy: are western democracies and their core institutions, primarily parliaments, faced with a legitimacy crisis? How legitimate are emerging international governance structures? And how is it possible to test legitimacy? In this collection, scholars from political theory, comparative politics, and international relations explore the conceptual and methodological issues of legitimacy in an era of globalization. The volume provides an overview of the frontiers of normative and empirical legitimacy research and provides the foundations for an integrated, multi-dimensional perspective on legitimation processes.