Legitimacy of regional integration in Europe and the Americas. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Achim Hurrelmann, Steffen Schneider.
• Other Names: Hurrelmann, Achim; Schneider, Steffen
• Contents: Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Series Preface; Preface and Acknowledgements; List of Contributors; 1 Understanding the Legitimacy of Regional Integration: A Comparative and Mixed-Method Perspective; Part I Politicization and Legitimation Trends in European and American Regionalism; 2 The Politicization of European Integration: Towards Democratic Renationalization?; 3 Legitimacy, Politicization and Regional Integration in North America; 4 Politicization and Legitimacy in MERCOSUR; Part II Regional Integration and Public Opinion. 5 Is There a Legitimacy Crisis in the European Union?6 Identity and Public Support for North American Integration; 7 Economic Evaluations and Support for Free Trade in Latin America and the Caribbean; Part III Regional Integration and Public Discourses; 8 Citizens' Legitimation Discourses on European Integration; 9 Is North American Regionalism Less Politicized Than European Integration? Evidence from Focus Groups; 10 Public (De)Legitimation of Regionalism in North and South America: NAFTA and MERCOSUR in the US and Brazilian Quality Press. Part IV The Contentious Politics of Regional Integration11 Subnational Movements and the Politicization of NAFTA and the EU; 12 What the NAFTA Fight Teaches about Trade Policy Politicization and Legitimation; 13 The Social Turn and Contentious Politics in Latin American Post-Neoliberal Regionalism; Part V Conclusion; 14 The Contested Legitimacy of Regional Integration; Bibliography; Index.
• Publisher Details: New York : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 320.5/4; Political science; Regionalism (International organization); Regionalism -- European Union countries; Regionalism -- America; International economic integration; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference; International economic integration; Regionalism; Regionalism (International organization); Political Science -- General; Political Science -- International Relations -- General; Comparative politics; Politics & government; Political science & theory; International institutions; Comparative politics; European Union; International organization; European Union countries -- Economic integration; America -- Economic integration; America; Europe -- European Union countries; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1137457007; 9781137457004
• Related ISBNs: 9781349576241; 113745699X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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