The Democratic Legitimacy of Public-Private Rule Making: What Can We Learn from the World Commission on Dams?

2005 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Klaus Dingwerth
Keyword(s):  
Democratic Legitimacy ◽  
The World ◽  
Rule Making ◽  
World Commission On Dams

From meditation to action – a research agenda for studying informal global rule-making: remarks on ‘Cosmopolitanism, publicity, and the emergence of a “global administrative law”’

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Oliver Westerwinter
Keyword(s):  
Global Governance ◽  
Comparative Research ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Institutional Design ◽  
Administrative Law ◽  
Democratic Legitimacy ◽  
Institutional Architecture ◽  
Global Law ◽  
Rule Making ◽  
Law Making

Abstract Friedrich Kratochwil engages critically with the emergence of a global administrative law and its consequences for the democratic legitimacy of global governance. While he makes important contributions to our understanding of global governance, he does not sufficiently discuss the differences in the institutional design of new forms of global law-making and their consequences for the effectiveness and legitimacy of global governance. I elaborate on these limitations and outline a comparative research agenda on the emergence, design, and effectiveness of the diverse arrangements that constitute the complex institutional architecture of contemporary global governance.

scholarly journals Modelos de democracia e espaços políticos: o caso da democracia participativa/Models of democracy and political spaces: the case of participatory democracy

2018 ◽  
pp. 126-146
Author(s):  
Daniel Abreu Azevedo
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Political System ◽  
Participatory Democracy ◽  
Democratic Legitimacy ◽  
Political Space ◽  
Form Of Government ◽  
The World ◽  
Models Of Democracy ◽  
Democratic Political System

RESUMOO presente artigo tem como objetivo principal trazer o conceito de espaço político e sua relação com o sistema político democrático, analisando, especificamente, o caso dos Conselhos Municipais e o modelo da democracia participativa. A partir dessa discussão teórico-conceitual, busca-se lançar luz, através de uma perspectiva geográfica, sobre a forma de governo que, ao mesmo tempo em que se expande no mundo, também tem sua legitimidade questionada. A partir de pesquisa empírica desenvolvida nos Conselhos Municipais do Rio de Janeiro entre os anos de 2015-2016, o artigo analisa especificamente o caso dos Conselhos Tutelares e questiona a legitimidade democrática dessas novas instituições brasileiras.Palavras-chave: espaço político, democracia participativa, Conselhos Municipais, Conselhos Tutelares, Rio de Janeiro. ABSTRACTThe main objective of this article is to bring the concept of political space and its relation to the democratic political system, specifically analyzing the case of Municipal Councils and the model of participatory democracy. From this theoretical-conceptual discussion, we seek to highligh, through a geographical perspective, the form of government that, at the same time it expands in the world, also it has its legitimacy questioned. Based on empirical research developed in the Municipal Councils of Rio de Janeiro between the years 2015-2016, the article specifically analyzes the case of the Tutelary Councils and the democratic legitimacy of these new Brazilian institutions.Keywords: political space, participatory democracy, Municipal Councils, Tutelary Councils, Rio de Janeiro.

Ecological approach as part of greater environmental awareness

2020 ◽  
pp. 141-161
Author(s):  
S. Nazrul Islam
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Environmental Awareness ◽  
Ecological Approach ◽  
Planetary Boundaries ◽  
Ramsar Convention ◽  
International Rivers ◽  
The Earth ◽  
The World ◽  
World Commission On Dams ◽  
Mortal Danger

Chapter 7 shows that the emergence of the Ecological approach to rivers is a part of the broader process of greater recognition of the importance of protection of environment, in general. The huge increase in population and production following the Industrial Revolution led to breaches in planetary boundaries, putting the earth and human civilization in a jeopardy. Since the 1970s there has been growing recognition of this mortal danger, and various initiatives were begun along different directions to confront this danger, many focused on protection of rivers and waterbodies. Among these are the Ramsar Convention of 1971, UN Convention on International Rivers of 1997, and formation and report of the World Commission on Dams in 2000. The rise of the Ecological approach to rivers is a continuation of this process.

The Sleeping Night‐Watchman and Some Alternatives: Citizenship, Participation and Bases of Democratic Legitimacy in Britain

1997 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 340-360
Author(s):  
Robert Pinkney
Keyword(s):  
Human Dignity ◽  
Liberal Democracy ◽  
The State ◽  
Democratic Legitimacy ◽  
Islamic Fundamentalism ◽  
Democratic Transitions ◽  
The Past ◽  
Past Generation ◽  
The World

WE TAKE IT FOR GRANTED THAT THE SURVIVAL OF THE STATE DEPENDS on democratic consent. With the demise of Marxism and fascism, Diamond suggests that, apart from Islamic fundamentalism, democracy is the only model with ideological legitimacy. And Fukuyama asserts that ‘the democratic transitions of the past generation could not have occurred had not populations around the world finally become conscious of the fact that liberal democracy alone provides the possibility of fully rational recognition of human dignity’.

The Operational Policies of the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel D. Bradlow ◽  
Andria Naudé Fourie
Keyword(s):  
International Finance ◽  
World Bank ◽  
International Finance Corporation ◽  
Institutional Processes ◽  
Institutional Accountability ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
Legal Nature ◽  
Operational Policies ◽  
The World ◽  
Rule Making

International financial institutions (‘IFIs’), such as the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation (‘IFC’), have progressively refined their own operational policies and established institutional accountability mechanisms, such as the Inspection Panel and Compliance Advisory Ombudsman, in response to external and internal demands for their enhanced accountability. This article argues that these two developments are instrumental in transforming IFIs such as the World Bank and the IFC into law-making and law-governed institutions. We argue that the operational policies, as well as the institutional processes surrounding these policies (that is, rule-making, rule-application and rule-enforcement processes), should be assessed in legal terms – even though the legal nature of the operational policies are contested, and the policies are only applicable to IFI staff and their borrowers. The main objective of this article is to provide an analysis in support of this contention.

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