ThisisanopenaccesstitleavailableunderthetermsofaCCBY-NC-ND4.0Internationallicence.ItisfreetoreadatOxfordScholarshipOnlineandofferedasafreePDFdownloadfromOUPandselectedopenaccesslocations.Citizens,Elites,andtheLegitimacyofGlobalGovernanceoffersthefirstfullcomparativestudyofcitizenandelitelegitimacybeliefstowardglobalgovernance.Empirically,itprovidesacomprehensiveanalysisofpublicandeliteopiniontowardglobalgovernance,buildingontwouniquelycoordinatedsurveyscoveringmultiplecountriesandinternationalorganizations.Theoretically,itdevelopsanindividual-levelapproach,exploringhowaperson’scharacteristicsinrespectofsocioeconomicstatus,politicalvalues,geographicalidentification,andinstitutionaltrustshapelegitimacybeliefstowardglobalgovernance.Thebook’scentralfindingsarethree-fold.First,thereisanotableandgeneralelite-citizengapinlegitimacybeliefstowardglobalgovernance.Whileelitesonaverageholdmoderatelyhighlevelsoflegitimacytowardinternationalorganizations,thegeneralpublicisdecidedlymoreskeptical.Second,individual-leveldifferencesininterests,values,identities,andtrustdispositionsprovidesignificantdriversofcitizenandelitelegitimacybeliefstowardglobalgovernance,aswellasthegapbetweenthem.Mostimportantonthewholearedifferencesintheextenttowhichcitizensandelitestrustdomesticpoliticalinstitutions,whichsystematicallyshapehowtheyassessthelegitimacyofinternationalorganizations.Third,bothpatternsandsourcesofcitizenandelitelegitimacybeliefsvaryacrossorganizationsandcountries.Thesevariationssuggestthatinstitutionalandsocietalcontextsconditionattitudestowardglobalgovernance.Thebook’sfindingsshedimportantlightonfutureopportunitiesandconstraintsininternationalcooperation,suggestingthatcurrentlevelsoflegitimacypointneithertoageneralcrisisofglobalgovernancenortoageneralreadinessforitsexpansion.
