Input legitimacy definition
Input legitimacy focuses on the means by which constituents partici- pate in a private regulatory scheme, e.g., representation, inclusiveness or process. Output-legitimacy represents those paradigms that focus on substantive outcomes, e.g. trade liberalization, or fairness, and whether goals set by the private regulatory scheme are reached. In this respect, output legitimacy is very similar to effectiveness. See F. Scharpf, Gov- erning in Europe: effective and democratic?, Oxford University Press, Oxford 1999 and <www.baselgovernance.org/fileadmin/docs/pdfs/ Nonstate/Paper-Elsig-Amalric.pdf>.