Transnational actors in global governance: patterns, explanations and implications

The nature of global governance is changing, as are the standards by which wejudge its legitimacy. We are witnessing a gradual and partial shift from inter-state co-operation to more complex forms of governance, involving participation by transnational actors, such as NGOs, party associations, philanthropic foundations and corporations. INDICE: - List of Figures and Tables - Preface - Notes on the Contributors- Transnational Actor Participation in International Institutions: Where, Why, and with What Consequences?; J.Tallberg; C.Jönsson - Capturing the Transnational; C.Jönsson - Transnational Access to International Institutions: Three Approaches; J.Tallberg - Explaining Patterns of Transnational Participation: TheRole of Policy Fields; J.Steffek - Explaining Varying Degrees of Openness in the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO); A.Liese - WTO and the Environmental Movement: On the Path to Participatory Governance?; Å.Casula Vifell - Limits to Transnational Participation: The Global Governance of Migration; S.Kalm - Private Authority on the Rise: A Century of Delegation in Multilateral Environmental Treaties; J.F.Green - Does Global Democracy Matter? Hypotheses on Famine and War; H.Agné - Democracy Counts: Problems of Equality in Global Democracy; S.Näsström - Beyond Democratic Legitimacy: Global Governance and the Promotion of Liberty; J.Bartelson - Transnational Access: Findings and Future Research; C.Jönsson; J.Tallberg - Index

• ISBN: 978-0-230-23905-0
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 280
• Fecha Publicación: 27/08/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés