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Who Elected Oxfam? - A Democratic Defense of Self-Appointed Representatives (Hardcover)
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Who Elected Oxfam? - A Democratic Defense of Self-Appointed Representatives (Hardcover)
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Non-elected actors, such as non-governmental organizations and
celebrity activists, present themselves as representatives of
others to audiences of decision-makers, such as state leaders, the
European Union, the United Nations, and the World Trade
Organization. These actors are increasingly included in the
deliberation and decision-making processes of such institutions. To
take one well-known example, the non-governmental organization,
Oxfam, presses decision-makers and governments for fair trade rules
on behalf of the world's poor. What entitles such 'self-appointed
representatives' to speak and act for the poor? As The Economist
asked, 'Who elected Oxfam?'. Montanaro claims that such actors can,
and should, be conceptualized as representatives, and that they can
- though do not always - represent others in a manner that we can
recognize as democratic. However, in order to do so, we must
stretch our imaginations beyond the standard normative framework of
elections.
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