Global Governance Legitimacy and Legimations: Introduction; CH:2 Legitimation of Global Policy Priorities; CH:3 Legitimation Challenges inGlobal Health Governance; CH:4 Legitimacy, Tribridity, andDecent Work Deficits; CH:5 Legitimation andPublic-private Governance; CH:6 Good Governance inDeveloping Countries; CH:7 Business-Humanitarian PartnershipsProcesses of Normative Legitimation; Bibliography; Index

The realm of global governance continually grows more diverse in form, substance and influence, making questions about its legitimacy and legitimation increasingly intriguing. Debates on standards for assessing the legitimacy of global governance organizations and rules have proliferated in contemporary academic study and political practice. Scholarly study of governance beyond the nation state is filled with theoretical contention, usually along the lines of the competing perspectives employed in the field of international relations.