G7-Treffen, Klimagipfel, WTO-Konferenzen und andere internationale Großveranstaltungen sind heute immer begleitet von Protesten, von denen das Getöse meist stärker zur Kenntnis gelangt als die inhaltlichen Anliegen der (seriös) Protestierenden. Dieses Sammelwerk aus 12 Beiträgen von 16...

The present collection of short papers is an experimental, explorative and introspective German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) project on international and transnational cooperation for development and sustainability. It is the product of internal brainstorming discussions at...

Introduction: forging global accountabilities / Edward Weisband, Alnoor Ebrahim -- Multilateralism and building stronger international institutions / Ngaire Woods -- Global financial governance and the problem of accountability: the role of the public sphere / Randall D. Germain -- Citizen...

Transnational non-state governance arrangements (NGAs) are increasingly common in areas such as labor standards and environmental sustainability, often presenting themselves as innovative means through which the lives of marginalized communities in developing countries can be improved. Yet in...

In textbooks and in theory, law is a product of democratic procedures. In reality, however, the place of law production has moved to a significant degree from the domestic sphere into an emerging domain of supranational and international institutions, bodies, and organizations, public or...