TY - BOOK AU - Ribeiro Hoffmann,Andrea AU - Vleuten,Anna van der TI - Closing or widening the gap?: legitimacy and democracy in regional integration organizations T2 - Non-state actors in international law, politics, and governance series SN - 0754689719 AV - JZ4850 .C56 2007eb U1 - 341.2 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Aldershot, England, Burlington, VT PB - Ashgate KW - International agencies KW - Evaluation KW - Regionalism (International organization) KW - World politics KW - 1989- KW - Organisations internationales KW - Évaluation KW - Régionalisme (Politique internationale) KW - Politique mondiale KW - LAW KW - International KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Integration KW - Internationale Politik KW - gnd KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; List of Contributors; Foreword; Series Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Part 1 Introduction; Part 2 Defining and Assessing Legitimacy and Democracy in RIOs; Part 3 RIOs, Regional Parliaments and Subnational State Actors; Part 4 RIOs, Legitimacy and Non-State Actors; Part 5 RIOs and the Member States: Legitimacy and Democracy; Part 6 Conclusion; Index; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010 N2 - Combining normative analysis and theory-driven empirical research in a comparative framework, this volume clarifies and explains the connections between regional international governance, legitimacy and democracy. It focuses on the quality of democracy and the legitimacy of policy making in multilevel regional systems UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=269324 ER -