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Legitimacy Beyond the State?

Re-examining the Democratic Credentials of Transnational Actors

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  1. Eva Erman

    1. Stockholm University, Sweden

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  2. Anders Uhlin

    1. Lund University, Sweden

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  3. Democratic Credentials of Different Transnational Actors

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 39-39
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    2. Democratic Legitimacy of Transnational Corporations in Global Governance

      • Doris Fuchs, Agni Kalfagianni, Julia Sattelberger
      Pages 41-63

    3. Democratic Legitimacy of Philanthropic Foundations: US Grant-Making in the Middle East

      • Ann Vogel
      Pages 64-84

    4. Good Morals or Good Business? NGO Advocacy and the World Bank’s 10th IDA

      • Christopher L. Pallas
      Pages 85-109

    5. Transnational Social Movements and Democratic Legitimacy

      • Brigitte Beauzamy
      Pages 110-129

    6. Diaspora Groups, Transnational Activism, and Democratic Legitimacy

      • Catarina Kinnvall, Bo Petersson
      Pages 130-150

  4. Democratic Problems and Possibilities in a Transnational Context

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 151-151
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    2. Democratic Credentials or Bridging Mechanisms? Constituents, Representatives, and the Dual Politics of Democratic Representation

      • Enrique Peruzzotti
      Pages 153-172

    3. Why Adding Democratic Values is Not Enough for Global Democracy

      • Eva Erman
      Pages 173-193

    4. Conclusion: Transnational Actors and Global Democracy

      • Eva Erman, Anders Uhlin
      Pages 194-213

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 214-222
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Combining case studies with normative theory, this book analyzes the democratic credentials of transnational actors participating in global governance, ranging from corporations and philanthropic foundations to NGOs and social movements. This leads to innovative interpretations of democratic legitimacy in a transnational context.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Stockholm University, Sweden

    Eva Erman

  • Lund University, Sweden

    Anders Uhlin

About the editors

BRIGITTE BEAUZAMY is Marie Curie Fellow at the University of Warwick, UK DORIS FUCHS is Professor of International Relations and Development at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany AGNI KALFAGIANNI is Assistant Professor at the Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM), VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands CATARINA KINNVALL is Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science, Lund University, Sweden, and former Vice-President of the International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP) CHRISTOPHER L. PALLAS is Adjunct Professor in the Graduate Program in International Affairs at the New School for Social Research in New York, USA ENRIQUE PERUZZOTTI is Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science and International Studies at Torcuato Di Tella University in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and researcher of CONICET BO PETERSSON is Professor of Global Political Studies at Malmö University, Sweden JULIA SATTELBERGER is Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Public International Law in Heidelberg, Germany ANN VOGEL is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Singapore Management University

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