Ombudsman as a global institution : transnational governance and accountability /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cham, Switzerland :
Palgrave Macmillan,
[2020]
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| Series: | Public sector organizations.
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Preface
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Part I: Global Institution
- Chapter 1: Ombudsman as a Global Institution
- Research Design
- Theory and Methodology
- Transnational Governance and Institutional Models
- Discourse, Concepts and Institutional Change
- Actors, Context and Politics of Public Accountability
- Methodology and Outline
- References
- Chapter 2: Transnational Governance and Global Diffusion of the Ombudsman Institution
- Introduction
- Diffusion of Institutions and Global Spreading of Ombudsman
- Global Spreading of the Ombudsman
- Ombudsman and Transnational Governance
- Cross-National Communication: Swedish Institution, Danish Model
- United Nations, Ombudsman and Human Rights
- World Bank, Ombudsman and Good Governance
- Transparency and the Ombudsman
- European Union, the Ombudsman and Human Rights
- Summary: Global Models of Ombudsman
- The Ombudsman and Democracy
- Conclusions
- References
- Part II: Ombudsman in Finland
- Chapter 3: Institutional History of the Ombudsman and Chancellor of Justice in Finland
- Introduction
- Two Legal Overseers
- Ideational Shifts and Institutional Development of Ombudsman in Finland
- From Early Years to Post-War and Capacity Building
- Institutional (Re)positioning and Rise of Human Rights
- Differentiation and Renegotiation of Mandate
- Politics of Nomination
- Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 4: The Finnish Parliamentary Ombudsman, the Chancellor of Justice and Institutional Change
- Introduction
- Overlapping Mandates and Functional Differentiation
- The Mandates of the Two Legal Overseers
- Case Profiles
- Publicity and Effectiveness
- Institutions of Public Accountability
- Effectiveness
- Media Profile and Strategic Communications
- Differentiation, Ideational Shifts and Institutional Tensions
- Specific Duties and Institutional Tensions
- Global Models, Politicization and Institutional Change
- International Collaboration
- Reflexivity over History and Global Ombudsman Models
- Conclusions
- References
- Part III: European Ombudsman
- Chapter 5: European Ombudsman as a Supranational Institution of Accountability
- Introduction
- Institutional Evolution of the European Ombudsman
- Transnational Policy Discourses and the Institutionalization of the European Ombudsman
- Actors and Institutional Evolution of the European Ombudsman
- Handling Complaints: European Ombudsman as a Supranational Institution of Accountability
- Complaints to the European Ombudsman
- Comparison with Other Institutions of Supranational Accountability
- Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 6: The European Ombudsman and Institutional Change
- Introduction
- Redefining the Mandate: Own Inquiries, Politics and Public Conflicts