Transnational Civil Society and the World Bank - Investigating Civil Society s Potential to Democratize Global

"Academics and practitioners alike recognize that global governance institutions suffer from a democratic deficit. Many have looked to transnational civil society as a means of remediation. Yet a clear gap has begun to emerge between normative hopes andempirical reality. Using new data from civil society engagements with the World Bank, this book shows how transnational civil society organizations prioritize pre-existing mission over responsiveness to claimed stakeholders, undertake activism in line with financial incentives, achieve impacts using elite channels of influence, and undercut the authority of developing country governments. It explores the structural roots of these patterns and examines their impact on democratic representation. It also offers practical advice for how these negative patterns can be moderated through new practices at the Bank and new norms within civil society"--

Produktdetails

• Autoren: C Pallas, C. Pallas, Chris Pallas, Christopher L. Pallas
• Verlag: Palgrave UK
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 08.11.2013
• EAN: 9781137277602
• ISBN: 978-1-137-27760-2
• Seiten: 196
• Serien: Interest Groups, Advocacy and Democracy Series; Interest Groups, Advocacy and; Interest Groups, Advocacy and Democracy Series; Interest Groups, Advocacy and
• Themen: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Medien, Kommunikation > Kommunikationswissenschaft; B, Sociology, Political Sociology, International Relations, Poverty, biotechnology, Social Work, Politics & government, Political science & theory, Development Aid, Communication Studies, Development Studies, Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, Development Economics, Development economics & emerging economies, Political Communication, Political structure and processes