The Legitimacy of Regional Integration in Europe and the Americas

Jared Bok, Emory University, USA Constantine Boussalis, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Brian Bow, Dalhousie University, Canada Pieter de Wilde, Social Science Research Center, Germany Francesco Duina, University of British Columbia, Canada Romy Escher, University of Regensburg, Germany Dieter Fuchs, University of Stuttgart, Germany Achim Hurrelmann, Carleton University, Canada Jennifer Merolla, University of California, Riverside, USA Caryn Peiffer, University of Birmingham, UK Andrea Ribeiro Hoffmann, Free University of Berlin, Germany Pia Riggirozzi, University of Southampton, UK Ian Robinson, University of Michigan, USA Steffen Schneider, University of Bremen, Germany Mitchell A. Seligson, Vanderbilt University, USA Virginie Van Ingelgom, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium Daniel Zizumbo-Colunga, Vanderbilt University, USA

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