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Accountability Of Nongovernmental Organizations (Ngos) In Global Governance, Steve Charnovitz
Accountability Of Nongovernmental Organizations (Ngos) In Global Governance, Steve Charnovitz
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The issue of the accountability on nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in global governance has received increased attention in recent years. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the issue, to consider whether any public problems exist, and to make recommendations on what should be done. The paper contains three parts. Part I examines the historical context of NGO accountability starting with the Papal Encylical Rerum Novarum of 1891 and considering episodes relating to the League of Nations and the founding of the United Nations. Part II provides an overview of the contemporary debate on NGO accountability and uses a recent …
Civil Society And International Organizations: A Liberal Framework For Global Governance, Francesca Bignami
Civil Society And International Organizations: A Liberal Framework For Global Governance, Francesca Bignami
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Over the past decade, international economic organizations have come under attack as illegitimate and oppressive. The remedy, according to the critics, is civil society: non-state associations should have a right to participate in the policymaking activities of international organizations. But the moral grounds for giving civil society such a central role in global governance, together with the ramifications of those moral grounds for organizational reform in the international arena, have not yet been systematically analyzed. Why are associations outside the state better placed than trained, career civil servants and elected politicians to decide on international aid, the regulatory pre-requisites for …