Legitimacy beliefs towards global governance institutions: a research agenda

Dellmuth, Lisa; Schlipphak, Bernd

doi:10.1080/13501763.2019.1604788

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“…;Dellmuth and Tallberg 2015;Grigorescu 2015;Rapkin, Strand, and Trevathan 2016; Stephen 2018;Dingwerth, Schmidtke, and Weise 2020;Dellmuth and Schlipphak 2020). According to this literature, changes in IO staffing may be linked to the rise of representation norms in their normative environment to which they need to respond.…”

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The Increasing Representativeness of International Organizations’ Secretariats: Evidence from the United Nations System, 1997–2015

Pařízek

Stephen

2020

International Studies Quarterly

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Although international organizations (IOs) and their secretariats play important roles in international politics, we know surprisingly little about their staffing composition and the factors that shape it. What accounts for the national composition of the secretariats of IOs? We theorize that the national composition of international secretariats is shaped by three factors: the desire by powerful states for institutional control, a commonly shared interest in a secretariat's functional effectiveness, and, increasingly, a need for secretariats to be seen as legitimate by being representative of the global population. Building on recent constructivist literature, we argue that IOs face increasing normative pressure to be representative in their staffing patterns. Using panel regression, we assess our argument with a new dataset covering states’ representation in the secretariats of thirty-five United Nations system bodies from 1997 to 2015. The results indicate that while functional effectiveness plays a significant and stable role, international secretariats have become increasingly representative of the global population. Moreover, this has come primarily at the expense of the over-representation of powerful states. This shift from power to representation is particularly strong in large IOs with high political and societal visibility. When it comes to IO secretariats, representativeness (increasingly) matters.

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The Increasing Representativeness of International Organizations’ Secretariats: Evidence from the United Nations System, 1997–2015

Pařízek

Stephen

2020

International Studies Quarterly

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“…However, legitimacy, trust, and duty to obey may overlap and differ, and can differently affect law-related behavior (Jackson and Gau, 2016). It is therefore important that future research finds novel ways to measure perceived legitimacy, for example, with behavioral measures, which would also improve our conceptual understanding of perceived legitimacy (cf., Dellmuth and Schlipphak, 2020).…”

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Value Alignment and Public Perceived Legitimacy of the European Union and the Court of Justice

2022

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The present study aims to extend research on the role of values for the perceived legitimacy of legal authorities by focusing on (1) supranational legal authorities and (2) a broad range of values. We examine how (alignment between) people’s personal values and their perception of the values of the European Union (EU) are related to perceived legitimacy of the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) and the EU more broadly. Inspired by moral foundations theory, we distinguish between individualizing (i.e., “democracy”, “liberty”, and “fairness”) and binding values (i.e., “rule of law”, “respect for national authority”, and “respect for tradition”). An online survey was conducted in six EU member states (N = 1,136). A factor analysis confirmed a two-factor model (individualizing vs. binding values) for both personal values and perceived EU values. Four regression models were run for each of the value factors, including personal values, perceived EU values, and their interaction, on each of the outcomes (i.e., perceived CJEU and EU legitimacy). Perceived endorsement by the EU of both individualizing and binding values predicted higher legitimacy perceptions of the CJEU and EU. Furthermore, personal binding values had a negative effect on perceived EU legitimacy when participants perceived the EU to weakly support binding values, but a positive effect when the EU was perceived to strongly support binding values. The results suggest that value alignment plays an important role in perceived legitimacy of the CJEU and EU, and that better representing binding values might be a strategy to improve perceived EU legitimacy.

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“…To examine our hypotheses, we conducted a survey experiment (Dellmuth and Tallberg 2019). This method has advantages in identifying communication effects compared to alternative methods (Chong and Druckman 2007a).…”

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“…While some studies use a multi-item measure to capture various complexities of legitimacy as a concept, these studies usually invoke a broader conceptualization of legitimacy, incorporating normative standards to be met by an institution and/or acceptance of the rules of an institution (for example, Anderson, Bernauer and Kachi 2019;Gilley 2006). Thirdly, the confidence measure allows us to relate the findings of this study to the large literature on public opinion that also employs confidence (or trust) as an indicator of legitimacy perceptions (for example, Bühlmann and Kunz 2011;Dellmuth and Tallberg 2015;Dellmuth and Schlipphak 2019;Johnson 2011;Norris 2011;Voeten 2013). As you may know, the (COUNTRY) government criticizes the (IO) for doing a very poor job in trying to solve the problems it faces.…”

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Elite Communication and the Popular Legitimacy of International Organizations

Dellmuth

Tallberg

2020

Brit. J. Polit. Sci.

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This article offers the first systematic and comparative analysis of the effects of elite communication on citizen perceptions of the legitimacy of international organizations (IOs). Departing from cueing theory, it develops novel hypotheses about the effects of elite communication under the specific conditions of global governance. It tests these hypotheses by conducting a population-based survey experiment among almost 10,000 residents of three countries in relation to five IOs. The evidence suggests four principal findings. First, communication by national governments and civil society organizations has stronger effects on legitimacy perceptions than communication by IOs themselves. Secondly, elite communication affects legitimacy perceptions irrespective of whether it invokes IOs’ procedures or performance as grounds for criticism or endorsement. Thirdly, negative messages are more effective than positive messages in shaping citizens' legitimacy perceptions. Fourthly, comparing across IOs indicates that elite communication is more often effective in relation to the IMF, NAFTA and WTO, than the EU and UN.

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Legitimacy beliefs towards global governance institutions: a research agenda

Cited by 36 publications

References 42 publications

The Increasing Representativeness of International Organizations’ Secretariats: Evidence from the United Nations System, 1997–2015

The Increasing Representativeness of International Organizations’ Secretariats: Evidence from the United Nations System, 1997–2015

Value Alignment and Public Perceived Legitimacy of the European Union and the Court of Justice

Elite Communication and the Popular Legitimacy of International Organizations

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