so-called double-democratic deficit where there is a need for improved transparency, debate and democratic scrutiny of …

principles of good governance. On the basis of this analysis, we argue that there is some scope for significant reforms. While … and the way they are organised could largely be improved, in particular with regards to principles of good governance. …

to the poor. It addresses the issue of accountability as it relates to civil society, defining "moral' accountability as … an organization's accountability towards the people it was established to help, and procedural accountability as internal … between "moral' and "procedural' accountability applies primarily to non-governmental organizations, a subset of civil society …

In the literature on European and global governance there is a trend to conceptualize ‘public accountability’ as … accountability relations within governance networks has its merits the creeping re-conceptualization of ‘public accountability’ as an … of accountability into international governance and advocates a return to a narrow conception of public accountability as …

proportionality, legitimate expectations etc. In the perspective of accountability, judicial review by EC and national courts is …

What influences the adoption of transparency obligations in trade agreements, and what are its effects? This paper uses … a new dataset on transparency provisions in over a hundred regional trade agreements (RTAs) to provide empirical … evidence of the political economy determinants of international transparency commitments, as well as the trade impact of …