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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Achim Hurrelmann, Steffen Schneider, Achim Hurrelmann, Steffen Schneider
• Achim Hurrelmann
• Steffen Schneider
• Schneider, Steffen
• Hurrelmann, Achim

Titel

The Legitimacy of Regional Integration in Europe and the Americas

Auflage

1

Ort / Verlag

London: Palgrave Macmillan

Erscheinungsjahr

2015

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• 01 02 This edited volume brings together cutting-edge empirical research on the legitimacy of regional integration processes in Europe and the Americas. Across fourteen chapters, specialists of regionalism in Europe, North America and South America demonstrate that the societal legitimacy of regional governance deserves attention because it affects the development - and relative success - of regional integration projects such as the EU, NAFTA and MERCOSUR. Employing a mixed-method perspective, the contributors to this volume examine public opinion, political discourse and civil society mobilization surrounding regional institutions, identifying distinct legitimation patterns in each of the three world regions. In doing so, they demonstrate that comparative research on the legitimation of regional governance advances our understanding of the driving forces, obstacles and trajectories of regional integration more generally. 13 02 Achim Hurrelmann is Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (EURUS) at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. His research focuses on the politicization and legitimation of regional and global governance, especially in the European Union. Steffen Schneider is a Senior Research Fellow of the Centre for Social Policy Research, University of Bremen, Germany. His research interests are in comparative government and policy analysis. Publications include Democracy's Deep Roots: Why the Nation State Remains Legitimate (Palgrave Macmillan 2010, with Achim Hurrelmann et al.). 02 02 Based on cutting-edge research, this edited volume examines how citizens and political elites perceive the legitimacy of regional integration in Europe and the Americas. It analyses public opinion and political discourse on the EU, NAFTA and MERCOSUR, arguing that legitimation patterns shape the development of regional governance. 04 02 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 08 02 "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