Transnational civil society and the World Bank : investigating civil society's potential to democratize global governance / Christopher L. Pallas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pallas, Chris, 1977-

Series:

Interest groups, advocacy and democracy series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International agencies.

Non-governmental organizations.

Civil society.

International cooperation.

World Bank.

Physical Description:

ix, 196 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

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Acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations

List of Tables and Figures

1. Waiting on Democracy

2. Context, Role, and Legitimacy

3. Beating the Bank: Transnational Civil Society and the 10th IDA

4. Principles and Paychecks: Positions and Participations in the IDA-10

5. Mechanisms of Influence and the Distribution of Authority

6. Transnational Civil Society and Local Representation

7. Beyond the 10th IDA

8. Transnational Civil Society and the Democratization of Global Governance

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137277602

1137277602

OCLC:

853506625

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