Building global democracy? : civil society and accountable global governance

"The scale, effectiveness and legitimacy of global governance lag far behind the world's needs. This path-breaking book examines how far civil society involvement provides an answer to these problems. Does civil society make global governance more democratic? Have citizen action groups rai...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Scholte, Jan Aart (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, U.K. : Cambridge University Press , c2011
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Global governance, accountability and civil society
  • 2. Civil society and accountability of the United Nations
  • 3. The World Bank and democratic accountability : the role of civil society
  • 4. Civil society and IMF accountability
  • 5. Civil society and the WTO : contesting accountability
  • 6. Civil society and accountability in the Commonwealth
  • 7. The organization of the Islamic conference : accountability and civil society
  • 8. Civil society and patterns of accountability in the OECD
  • 9. Civil society and G8 accountability
  • 10. Structuring accountability : civil society and the Asia-Europe meeting
  • 11. Civil society and accountability in global governance of climate change
  • 12. Civil society and accountability promotion in the global fund
  • 13. Accountability in private global governance : ICANN and civil society
  • 14. Civil society and the World Fair Trade Organization : developing responsive accountability