International organizations under pressure : legitimating global governance in challenging times / Klaus Dingwerth, Antonia Witt, Ina Lehmann, Ellen Reichel, and Tobias Weise.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dingwerth, Klaus, author.

Witt, Antonia, author.

Lehmann, Ina (Political science researcher), author.

Reichel, Ellen (Political science researcher), author.

Weise, Tobias (Political science researcher), author.

Contributor:

UPSO (University Press Scholarship Online)

John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International organization.

International agencies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

polychrome

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2019.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Cover; International Organizations under Pressure: Legitimating Global Governance in Challenging Times; Copyright; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Acronyms; 1: International Organizations under Pressure: Introduction; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS UNDER PRESSURE; THE STATE OF THE ART; Moving beyond Attitudes and Media Debates; Taking History Seriously; Beyond the Big Five; RESEARCH DESIGN; Case Selection; The Period of Investigation; Beyond the Founding Documents: The Empirical Material; KEY ARGUMENTS; International Organizations under Pressure

The Rise of the PeopleThe Rise of Procedures; The Multiplicity of Paths; BROADER IMPLICATIONS; PLAN OF THE BOOK; 2: Legitimation Contests: A Theoretical Framework; INTRODUCTION; LEGITIMACY AND LEGITIMATION; Beliefs; Social Relationship; Audience; Degrees of Agreement; THE DISCURSIVE INTERACTION MODEL; SPEAKERS, AUDIENCES, AND THEIR ENVIRONMENTS: THE ELEMENTS OF A DISCURSIVE INTERACTION MODEL; The Inner Circle: Who Speaks to Whom?; The Outer Circle: What Do Speakers Refer To?; Evaluations of Performance; Evaluations of Procedure; Evaluations of Personality

Beyond the Outer Circle: in Which World Political Contexts Do Speakers Speak?Waves of Democratization; Economic Globalization and the Rise of Global Capitalism; Political Globalization and the Authority and Density of International Organizations; Global Power Shifts; Technological Change; THE FRAMEWORK IN BRIEF; CASE STUDY APPROACH AND STRUCTURE; 3: From the GATT Gospel to Democratic Global Governance: Legitimating the GATT and the World Trade Organization; INTRODUCTION; THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF TRADE LIBERALIZATION: FROM HAVANA TO DOHA; The Founding Years; The Growth of the GATT

The Tokyo and Uruguay RoundsThe Doha Round; LEGITIMATING THE GATT AND WTO: THE NORMATIVE BASELINE; AFTER THE GOSPEL: THE RISE OF NON-TRADE VALUES; Environmental Concerns; Labour Rights; AFTER POLITICIZATION: THE RISE OF DEMOCRACY; The Democratic Legitimation Frame after Seattle; The Doha Deadlock and the Long Legacy of Seattle; PATHWAYS OF NORMATIVE CHANGE; Discursive Coalitions in Favourable Ideational Climates; 'No Crisis, No Change': Quasi-Constitutional Moments as Windows for Change; Normative Path Dependence; CONCLUSION

4: Between the Shadow of History and the 'Union of People': Legitimating the Organisation of African Unity and the African UnionINTRODUCTION; THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF AFRICAN INTEGRATION; LEGITIMATING THE OAU/AU: THE NORMATIVE BASELINE; AFTER THE 'TALKING SHOP': FROM COORDINATION TO DELIVERY; The Rise of Peace and (Human) Security; . . . and Its Critics; The Promise of Better Management and Efficiency; Summary and Outlook; BEYOND THE 'CLUB OF DICTATORS': THE RISE OF THE 'PEOPLE-CENTRED UNION'; Promoting Participation and Inclusive Governance through the OAU/AU

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Oxford Available via World Wide Web.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 5, 2019).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.

ISBN:

9780192574916

0192574914

9780191874499

Publisher Number:

40029212225

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