Abstract
Contents: Foreword, Philippe C. Schmitter Part 1 Introduction: Legitimacy, democracy and RIOs: where is the gap?, Anna van der Vleuten and Andrea Ribeiro Hoffmann. Part 2 Defining and Assessing Legitimacy and Democracy in RIOs: RIOs, legitimacy and democracy, A conceptual clarification, Berry Tholen Discussing regional democracy, Juliana Erthal The question of input, control and output legitimacy in economic RIOs, Bob Reinalda. Part 3 RIOs, Regional Parliaments and Subnational State Actors: Regional parliaments in Europe and Latin America: between empowerment and irrelevance, Andres Malamud and Luis de Sousa Sub-national state actors and their role in regional governance, Marcelo A. Medeiros. Part 4 RIOs. Legitimacy and Non-State Actors: Is there any room for input and control legitimacy by civil society in Mercosur?, Michelle Ratton Sanchez The contribution of non-state actors to the legitimacy of the Caricom, Gerda van Roozendaal. Part 5 RIOs and the Member States: Legitimacy and Democracy: Contrasting cases: explaining interventions by SADC and ASEAN, Anna van der Vleuten Political conditionality and democratic clauses in the EU and Mercosur, Andrea Ribeiro Hoffmann. Part 6 Conclusion: Legitimacy and democracy in Regional Integration Organizations: closing or widening the gap?, Andrea Ribeiro Hoffmann and Anna van der Vleuten Index.
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