The New Transnationalism
Subtitle: Private Transnational Governance and its Democratic Legitimacy (Transformations of the State)
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: December 26, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780230545274
Subjects: Institutions & organizations: general; International relations; Political structures: democracy; The Environment; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Globalization; International Relations - General; Political Science / Globalization; International cooperation; International organization; Supranationalism
Description: Transnational rule-making is becoming increasingly common, with decisions being made at the global level, beyond the state. This book explores what the privatization of global rule-making means for democracy. Based on contemporary theoretical approaches to democratic global governance, it reconstructs three prominent rule-making processes in the field of global sustainability politics: the World Commission on Dams, the Global Reporting Initiative and the Forest Stewardship Council. Klaus Dingwerth argues that, if designed properly, private transnational rule-making can be as democratic as intergovernmental rule-making.