[Book Review] Fabienne Peter, The Grounds of Political Legitimacy, Oxford University Press, 2023, ISBN 9780198872382, pp. 256

<p dir="ltr">We are living in an era of mounting challenges to the legitimacy of Western liberal democracies. These challenges include increased consideration and scrutinization of the processes under which political decisions are formed, and the ways in which political decision-making is carried out. This has gained traction in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, and remains ever-present through the increasing need for governments to comprehensively tackle climate change, and find meaningful and lasting resolutions to increased global conflict [...]</p>