TY - BOOK ID - 101659251 TI - Citizens, elites, and the legitimacy of global governance AU - Dellmuth, Lisa AU - Scholte, Jan Aart AU - Tallberg, Jonas AU - Verhaegen, Soetkin PY - 2022 SN - 0192668951 0191946516 0192856243 0192668943 9780192856241 PB - Oxford : Oxford University Press, DB - UniCat KW - International organization KW - Legitimacy of governments KW - Elite (Social sciences) KW - Public opinion KW - Attitudes KW - Governments, Legitimacy of KW - Legitimacy (Constitutional law) KW - Consensus (Social sciences) KW - Revolutions KW - Sovereignty KW - State, The KW - General will KW - Political stability KW - Regime change KW - Federation, International KW - Global governance KW - Interdependence of nations KW - International administration KW - International federation KW - Organization, International KW - World federation KW - World government KW - World order KW - World organization KW - Congresses and conventions KW - International relations KW - Peace KW - Political science KW - International agencies KW - International cooperation KW - Security, International KW - World politics UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:101659251 AB - Contemporary society has witnessed major growth in global governance, yet the legitimacy of global governance remains deeply in question. This book offers the first full comparative investigation of citizen and elite legitimacy beliefs toward global governance. Empirically, it provides a comprehensive analysis of public and elite opinion toward global governance, building on two uniquely coordinated surveys covering multiple countries and international organizations. Theoretically, it develops an individual-level approach, exploring how a person's characteristics in respect of socioeconomic status, political values, geographical identification, and domestic institutional trust shape legitimacy beliefs toward global governance. The book's central findings are threefold. First, there is a notable and general elite-citizen gap in legitimacy beliefs toward global governance. While elites on average hold moderately high levels of legitimacy toward international organizations, the general public is decidedly more skeptical. Second, individual-level differences in interests, values, identities, and trust dispositions provide significant drivers of citizen and elite legitimacy beliefs toward global governance, as well as the gap between the two groups. Most important on the whole are differences in the extent to which citizens and elites trust domestic political institutions, which shape how these groups assess the legitimacy of international organizations. Third, both patterns and sources of citizen and elite legitimacy beliefs vary across organizations and countries. These variations suggest that institutional and societal contexts condition attitudes toward global governance. The book's findings shed light on future opportunities and constraints in international cooperation, suggesting that current levels of legitimacy point neither to a general crisis of global governance nor to a general readiness for its expansion. ER -