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Democratizing Global Politics: Discourse Norms, International Regimes, and Political Community

Democratizing Global Politics: Discourse Norms, International Regimes, and Political Community

Payne, Rodger A.
Samhat, Nayef H.

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Series: Suny Global Politics

PhilosophyGeneral SociologyInternational Relations

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ISBN10: 0791459284
ISBN13: 9780791459287
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: Mar 11 2004
Pages: 202
Weight: 0.50
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Argues that international institutions are becoming increasingly democratized.

Historically, international institutions have been secretive and not particularly democratic. They have typically excluded almost all interested parties except the representatives of the most powerful nations. Because of this deficit of democracy international organizations and regimes have found themselves the target of protest movements and lobbying campaigns. Democratizing Global Politics finds that, in response to this mounting legitimacy crisis, international organizations and regimes are beginning to embrace new norms of participation and transparency, opening the decision-making process to additional political and social actors and creating opportunities for meaningful external scrutiny. Two case studies examine the construction of such discourse norms in the Global Environmental Facility and the World Trade Organization. The authors conclude that these normative changes not only legitimize international institutions-they also promote the development of political community on a global scale.

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