Global stakeholder democracy
Subtitle: power and representation beyond liberal states
By: Terry Macdonald.
Edition: 1st published 2008.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780199235001
Subjects: Democracy; Power (Social sciences); Representative government and representation; Political participation
Description: Elaborating a democratic framework based on the theoretical concepts of 'public power', 'stakeholder communities' and 'non-electoral representation', this book illustrates the practical implications of these proposals for projects of global institutional reform.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Democracy beyond 'closed' societies; title: Public power beyond 'sovereign' states; title: The public power of NGOs in global politics; title: From nation-states to 'stakeholder' communities; title: Global social choice beyond nation-state representation; title: Global social choice through multi-stakeholder representation; title: Theorizing global representative agency : non-electoral authorization and accountability; title: Instituting global representative agency : the authorization and accountability of NGOs.