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.

Jared Bok, Emory University, USAConstantine Boussalis, Trinity College Dublin, IrelandBrian Bow, Dalhousie University, CanadaPieter de Wilde, Social Science Research Center, GermanyFrancesco Duina, University of British Columbia, CanadaRomy Escher, University of Regensburg, GermanyDieter Fuchs, University of Stuttgart, GermanyAchim Hurrelmann, Carleton University, CanadaJennifer Merolla, University of California, Riverside, USACaryn Peiffer, University of Birmingham, UKAndrea Ribeiro Hoffmann, Free University of Berlin, GermanyPia Riggirozzi, University of Southampton, UKIan Robinson, University of Michigan, USASteffen Schneider, University of Bremen, GermanyMitchell A. Seligson, Vanderbilt University, USAVirginie Van Ingelgom, Université catholique de Louvain, BelgiumDaniel Zizumbo-Colunga, Vanderbilt University, USA