"This opening chapter sets the stage for the book. It first elaborates the motivation of the study in terms of the need to understand levels, patterns, and sources of citizen and elite legitimacy beliefs toward global governance, including in particular possible gaps between public and elite opinion in this regard. Next, the chapter reviews the state of existing knowledge on the subject and thereby identifies the distinctive empirical, theoretical, and methodological contributions of the book. The chapter then sets out the study's theoretical approach and research design, followed by a summary of main results and their implications for research and politics. The introductory chapter finishes with a plan for the rest of the book"-- Provided by publisher.