Transnational Actors In Global Governance

The nature of global governance is changing, as are the standards by which we judge its legitimacy. Whereas international institutions were long the exclusive preserve of national governments, the past decades have witnessed a gradual and partial shift from interstate cooperation to more complex forms of governance, involving participation by transnational actors, such as non-governmental organizations (NGOs), advocacy networks, party associations, philanthropic foundations, and multinational corporations. Increasingly, states and international institutions are engaging transnational actors as policy experts, service providers, compliance watchdogs, and stakeholder representatives. This volume analyzes the reasons behind, and consequences of, the growing involvement of transnational actors in established international institutions. It provides comparative analyses of varying transnational access and participation in different international organizations and issue-areas. Combining normative democratic theory and empirical research, it offers innovative interpretations of the democratic legitimacy of current arrangements.

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CHRISTER JA-NSSON is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Lund University, Sweden. He is also a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and chairs ACUNS (the Academic Council on the United Nations System). He has published numerous books, articles and book chapters on various aspects of international relations, including Organizing European Space (co-written) and Essence of Diplomacy (co-written: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005). JONAS TALLBERG is Professor of Political Science at Stockholm University, Sweden. He has published extensively on international institutions, multilateral negotiations, and European Union politics. His previous publications include Leadership and Negotiation in the European Union and European Governance and Supranational Institutions: Making States Comply.

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List of Figures and Tables Preface Notes on the Contributors Transnational Actor Participation in International Institutions: Where, Why, and with What Consequences?; J.Tallberg & C.Jonsson Capturing the Transnational; C.Jonsson Transnational Access to International Institutions: Three Approaches; J.Tallberg Explaining Patterns of Transnational Participation: The Role of Policy Fields; J.Steffek Explaining Varying Degrees of Openness in the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO); A.Liese WTO and the Environmental Movement: On the Path to Participatory Governance?; A...Casula Vifell Limits to Transnational Participation: The Global Governance of Migration; S.Kalm Private Authority on the Rise: A Century of Delegation in Multilateral Environmental Treaties; J.F.Green Does Global Democracy Matter? Hypotheses on Famine and War; H.Agne Democracy Counts: Problems of Equality in Global Democracy; S.Nasstrom Beyond Democratic Legitimacy: Global Governance and the Promotion of Liberty; J.Bartelson Transnational Access: Findings and Future Research; C.Jonsson & J.Tallberg Index

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