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 raised th...
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
07.04.2011
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| ISBN: | 9780521192194, 0521140552, 0521192196, 9780521140553 |
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Table of Contents:
- Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures -- Participants in the Gothenburg Workshop -- Affiliations as at June 2007 -- Contributors -- Editor's acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Global governance, accountability and civil society -- Introduction -- Global governance -- Accountability -- What is 'accountability'? -- Who is accountable? -- Accountability for what? -- Accountability to whom? -- Accountability by what means? -- Direct mechanisms -- Indirect mechanisms: the state -- Other indirect mechanisms -- Civil society -- General conceptions of civil society -- Manifestations of civil society -- The civility of civil society -- Conclusion -- 2 Civil society and accountability of the United Nations -- Introduction -- The UN in the orchestra of global governance -- Civil society engagement at the UN -- Civil society and UN accountability -- Who gets heard? -- Conclusion -- 3 The World Bank and democratic accountability: the role of civil society -- Introduction -- The World Bank and its accountability -- Civil society and project level accountability -- Staff incentives at the project level -- Civil society and policy level accountability -- Civil society and board level accountability -- Conclusions -- 4 Civil society and IMF accountability -- Introduction -- Civil society as a force for IMF accountability -- Civil society and IMF transparency -- Civil society and IMF consultation -- Civil society and IMF evaluation -- Civil society and IMF correction -- Conclusion -- 5 Civil society and the WTO: contesting accountability -- Introduction -- The WTO as an institution of global governance -- The WTO and accountability -- The WTO as an intergovernmental organisation -- The WTO as a supranational organisation -- Civil society engagement of the WTO -- Contesting accountability -- Transparency
- Monitoring and evaluation -- Correction -- Conclusion -- 14 Civil society and the World Fair Trade Organization: developing responsive accountability -- Introduction -- A brief history of fair trade -- The WFTO as a global governance institution -- Purpose and activities -- Governance structure -- Accountability at the WFTO -- Civil society engagement of the WFTO -- Conclusion -- Conclusion -- A framework of analysis -- The record to date -- Transparency -- Consultation -- Monitoring and evaluation -- Correction and redress -- Explaining the record and moving forward -- Personal attributes -- Institutional circumstances (global governance agencies) -- Institutional circumstances (civil society associations) -- Deeper social structures -- A conclusion's conclusion -- Bibliography -- Interviews -- Index
- 10 Structuring accountability: civil society and the Asia-Europe Meeting -- Introduction -- The ASEM process in summary -- Accountability matters -- ASEM's civil society -- Civil society contributions to ASEM accountability -- Transparency -- Consultation -- Evaluation -- Correction -- Civil society accountability in ASEM -- Conclusion -- 11 Civil society and accountability in the global governance of climate change -- Introduction -- The global regime on climate change -- Accountability challenges -- Civil society interventions for accountability -- Accountability through consultation and participation -- Accountability through evaluation -- Accountability through redress -- Conclusion -- 12 Civil society and accountability promotion in the Global Fund -- Introduction -- The Global Fund -- Civil society in the structure of the Global Fund -- Accountability challenges for the Global Fund -- Civil society contributions to GFATM accountability -- Civil society and the creation of the GFATM -- Civil society and Board accountability -- Civil society and CCM accountability -- Strengthening CSO accountability in the GFATM -- Improvements in CSO accountability -- Challenges for CSO accountability -- Moving forward -- 1. Further improve representation and accountability to wider CSO constituencies -- 2. Raise more resources for CSO participation in the GFATM -- 3. Value the civil society representatives -- 4. Strengthen capacity for effective CSO participation -- 5. Monitor the GFATM gender mainstreaming strategy -- Conclusion -- 13 Accountability in private global governance: ICANN and civil society -- Introduction -- ICANN: an institutional experiment -- ICANN organisational structure -- ICANN's self-defined accountability -- Civil society in the ICANN context -- Civil society and ICANN accountability -- Transparency -- Consultation
- Consultation -- Evaluation -- Correction -- Holding accountability holders to account: the issue of NGO legitimacy -- Conclusion: directions for the future -- 6 Civil society and accountability in the Commonwealth -- Introduction -- History and activities of the Commonwealth -- Civil society in the context of the Commonwealth -- Civil society and accountability in the Commonwealth -- Transparency -- Consultation -- Evaluation -- Correction/redress -- Accountable civil society? -- Conclusion -- 7 The Organisation of the Islamic Conference: accountability and civil society -- Introduction -- The OIC: history and institutional structure -- Current directions: the OIC ten-year programme of action -- Civil Society and accountability: some conceptual clarifications -- Civil society: secular or religious? -- Civil society in Islam -- Accountability: secular and religious -- Accountability in Islam -- Civil society associations and accountability in the OIC -- Conclusion: the 'First OIC' and the 'Second OIC' -- 8 Civil society and patterns of accountability in the OECD -- Introduction -- The OECD as a global governance agency -- OECD accountability -- The MAI and its aftermath -- Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises -- The Model Tax Convention -- The Anti-Bribery Convention -- Environmental policies -- Conclusions -- 9 Civil society and G8 accountability -- Introduction -- The G8: mandate and activities -- G8 accountability -- Civil society engaging the G8 -- Accountability effects of civil society actions -- G8 recognition of civil society -- Transparency -- Consultation -- Evaluation -- Redress -- Enabling and disabling civil society engagement of the G8 -- The perils of informality -- The crucial role of government attitudes -- Sophistication in civil society tactics -- Conclusion