concept of legitimacy in the field of cultural production is a problematic area in sociological research. The paper deals with … the transformation of attempts to conceptualize legitimacy in the cultural industries, from the thesis of the “high …” culture privileged legitimacy to the recognition of multiple principles of separation, legitimate and illegitimate in this …

legitimacy. With regard to the EU, participation of civil society organisations are officially seen as a means of bridging the … legitimacy of the EU and is instrumental to institutional power games of the European Commission and the European Parliament …

three critical questions concerning the OMC’s legitimacy (its relation to subsidiarity, the ‘Community Method’, and …, governance, and mutual learning. I argue that both the democratic legitimacy and the practical effectiveness of existing OMC …

to the criteria of problem-solving capacity and institutional legitimacy. …

The authors discuss potential sources of legitimacy of the EU, i. e. of the normative bindingness of its decisions …. After rejecting the views that such legitimacy is either not needed, not feasible, or provided for already, they focus upon … the corrosive impact of the EU upon democratic legitimacy within member states. Brussels-based 'governance' is essentially …