Transnational Civil Society and the World Bank - Investigating Civil Society's Potential to Democratize Global Governance (Hardcover, New)

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 and empirical 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.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Interest Groups, Advocacy and Democracy Series
Release date:	November 2013
First published:	2013
Authors:	C. Pallas
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	196
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-1-137-27760-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Public administration Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social work > Aid & relief programmes Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > General Books > Business & Economics > Economics > International economics > International finance
LSN:	1-137-27760-2
Barcode:	9781137277602

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