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PublisherRoutledge
ISBN-100754649687
ISBN-139780754649687
eBay Product ID (ePID)63140678
Product Key Features
Number of Pages230 Pages
Publication NameClosing or Widening the Gap? : Legitimacy and Democracy in Regional Integration Organizations
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2007
SubjectIntergovernmental Organizations, General
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPolitical Science
AuthorAnna Van Der Vleuten, Andrea Ribeiro Hoffmann
SeriesNon-State Actors in International Law, Politics and Governance Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight16.8 Oz
Item Length9.5 in
Item Width6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2007-025145
Dewey Edition22
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal341.2
Table Of ContentContents: Series editors' preface; Part 1 Introduction: Foreword. Ancient method, novel subject, ambiguous outcome, Philippe Schmitter; Legitimacy, democracy and RIOs: what is the issue?, Anna van der Vleuten and Andrea Ribeiro Hoffmann. Part 2 Defining and Assessing Legitimacy and Democracy in RIOs: RIOs, legitimacy and democracy, A conceptual clarification, Berry Tholen; Discussing regional and domestic democracy, Juliana Erthal; The question of input, control and output legitimacy in economic RIOs, Bob Reinalda. Part 3 RIOs, Regional Parliaments and Subnational State Actors: Regional parliaments in Europe and Latin America: between empowerment and irrelevance, Andrés Malamud and Luís de Sousa; Sub-national state actors and their role in regional governance, Marcelo A. Medeiros. Part 4 RIOs. Legitimacy and Non-State Actors: I there any room for legitimacy by civil society in Mercosour?, Michelle Ratton Sanchez; The contribution of non-state actors to the legitimacy of Caricom, Gerda van Roozendaal. Part 5 RIOs and the Member States: Legitimacy and Democracy: Contrasting cases: explaining interventions by SADC and ASEAN, Anna van der Vleuten; Political conditionality and democratic clauses in the EU and Mercosur, Andrea Ribeiro Hoffmann. Part 6 Conclusion: Legitimacy and democracy in RIOs: closing or widening the gap?, Andrea Ribeiro Hoffmann and Anna van der Vleuten; Index.
SynopsisThis volume clarifies and explains the connections between regional international governance, legitimacy and democracy. It combines normative analysis and theory-driven empirical research in a comparative framework. This book focuses on the quality of democracy and the legitimacy of policymaking in multilevel regional systems.It offersa much-needed clarification of confusing concepts such as legitimacy, democracy and 'civil society' in non-national political systemsa critical assessment of the quality of democracy and legitimacy within different Regional International Oganizations (RIOs)an examination of networks of non-state actors becoming a kind of transnational civil society, assessing their potential for solving legitimacy deficitsan investigation of the impact of democratic conditionality in different RIOsIt aims to deepen our understanding of a relatively new non-state actor on the international scene: the regional international organization. Furthermore, it investigates the potential contribution of transnational non-state actors to the quality of governance at the regional level. It aims to get a better understanding of legitimacy in multilevel systems where RIOs, non-state actors and states interact., Combining normative analysis and theory-driven empirical research in a comparative framework, this volume clarifies and explains the connections between regional international governance, legitimacy and democracy. It focuses on the quality of democracy and the legitimacy of policy making in multilevel regional systems. The volume offers a much-needed clarification of confusing concepts such as legitimacy, democracy and 'civil society' in non-national political systems. It critically assesses the quality of democracy and legitimacy within different Regional International Organizations (RIOs); it examines how networks of non-state actors become a kind of transnational civil society and assesses their potential for solving legitimacy deficits; and it investigates the impact of democratic conditionality in different RIOs. The contributors deepen our understanding of a relatively new non-state actor on the international scene - the regional international organization - and investigate the potential contribution of transnational non-state actors to the quality of governance at the regional level., This volume clarifies and explains the connections between regional international governance, legitimacy and democracy.
LC Classification NumberJZ4850
