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Civil society participation in international governance : the UN and the WTO compared
Steffek, Jens (contributor); Kissling, Claudia (contributor) - 2006
that at the United Nations (UN), where there is (allegedly) much more formally regulated and more substantial participation … accepted standards of good governance. In the UN system, there is in fact more cooperation, but it remains largely limited to … the policy phases of agenda-setting, research and analysis and compliance control. Quite like the WTO, the UN protects an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003343921
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The impact of participation : how civil society organisations contribute to the democratic quality of the UN world summit on the information society
Dany, Charlotte (contributor) - 2006
The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) was held by the United Nations in 2003 to draft a programmatic declaration for the information age. The involvement of civil society organisations (CSOs) in the drafting process was innovative and led to WSIS becoming an especially instructive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003343932
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Magic mirror on the wall, who in the world is legitimate after all? : legitimacy claims of international institutions
Biegoń, Dominika; Gronau, Jennifer; Schmidtke, Henning - 2013
representatives of three major international institutions (EU, G8, and UN) in media discourses is based on a large qualitative data … von Selbstlegitimationen von Repräsentanten dreier internationaler Institutionen (EU,G8 und UN) im medialen Diskurs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009744091
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Why do they want the UN to decide? : a two-step model of public support for UN authority
Ecker-Ehrhardt, Matthias - 2013
individual attitudes about UN authority in a comparative perspective. According to the main argument put forward in this paper … theorizes the formation of global attitudes about the UN according to a process of cognitive mobilization. Using data from the … public cues for the relevance of the UN in rising global awareness of UN authority. In the second step, the paper examines …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009763270
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Judicialization in international security : a theoretical concept and some preliminary evidence
Mondré, Aletta; Zangl, Bernhard - 2005
Many claim a process of judicialization of international dispute settlement procedures is taking place. In order to capture this ongoing process we introduce an analytical framework to assess the degree of judicialization of international dispute settlement procedures. We then proceed to present...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009269084
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Prävention und Intervention : konzeptionelle Entwicklungen in den Vereinten Nationen von der Agenda für den Frieden bis zum Bericht des High-Level Panels on Threats, Challenges and...
Weinlich, Silke - 2005
Zwei sicherheitspolitische Schlüsselbegriffe der 1990er Jahre sind Intervention und Krisenprävention: Beide Konzepte erlebten in den 1990er Jahren eine einzigartige Karriere, da sich mit ihnen die Hoffnung verband, über wirksame Instrumente zur Eindämmung der aufflammenden Krisenherde zu...
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The legal status of NGOs in international governance and its relevance for the legitimacy of international organizations
Kissling, Claudia (contributor) - 2006
This working paper introduces the concept of legal personality of non-state actors as an indicator of the democratic legitimacy of international organizations (IOs). Globalization has led to changes in statehood which are reflected in new democratic forms of participation and new expectations...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003343792
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Civil society legitimacy and nuclear non-proliferation
Kissling, Claudia - 2008
During recent years, civil society legitimacy has generated a growing interest in scholarly research. The present article therefore proposes four normative criteria, namely, independence, transparency, participation, and inclusion, in order to start assessing civil society legitimacy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003838083
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Changing patterns in German education policy making : the impact of international organizations
Niemann, Dennis - 2009
The German sectors of secondary and higher education witnessed far-reaching changes in the last decade. Comprehensive reforms were introduced that essentially altered the educational structure as well as the procedures in policy making. These reforms were massively influenced by international...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003887662