Transnational civil society and the World Bank : investigating civil society's potential to democratize global governance /

Academics and practitioners alike recognize that global governance institutions suffer from a democratic deficit. Many have looked to transnational civil society as a means of remediation. Yet a clear gap has begun to emerge between normative hopes and empirical reality. Using new data from civil so...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Pallas, Chris, 1977-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Series:	Interest groups, advocacy and democracy series.
Subjects:	International agencies. Non-governmental organizations. Civil society. International cooperation. World Bank. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Economic Conditions. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization. POLITICAL SCIENCE / NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations) POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing Countries.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
List of Tables and Figures
1. Waiting on Democracy
2. Context, Role, and Legitimacy
3. Beating the Bank: Transnational Civil Society and the 10th IDA
4. Principles and Paychecks: Positions and Participations in the IDA-10
5. Mechanisms of Influence and the Distribution of Authority
6. Transnational Civil Society and Local Representation
7. Beyond the 10th IDA
8. Transnational Civil Society and the Democratization of Global Governance
Bibliography
Index.