Accountability in Global Governance: Pluralist Accountability in Global Governance - Hardcover
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Accountability in Global Governance: Pluralist Accountability in Global Governance - Hardcover
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by Gisela Hirschmann (Author)
How can international organizations (IOs) like the United Nations (UN) and their implementing partners be held accountable if their actions and policies violate fundamental human rights? This book provides a new conceptual framework to study pluralist accountability, whereby third parties hold IOs and their implementing partners accountable for human rights violations.
Based on a rich study of UN-mandated operations in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Kosovo, the EU Troika's austerity policy, and Global Public-Private Health Partnerships in India, this book analyzes how competition and human rights vulnerability shape the evolution of pluralist accountability in response to diverse human rights violations, such as human trafficking, the violation of the rights of detainees, economic rights, and the right to consent in clinical trials. While highlighting the importance of alternative accountability mechanisms for legitimacy of IOs, this book also argues that pluralist accountability should not be regarded as a panacea for IOs' legitimacy problems, as it is often less legalized and might cause multiple accountability disorder.Author Biography
Gisela Hirschmann, Assistant Professor of International Relations, Leiden University
Gisela Hirschmann is Assistant Professor of International Relations at the Institute of Political Science, Leiden University. She has published in numerous scholarly journals including Review of International Studies. Her research interests focus on international organisations, institutional change, human rights and peace operations, including, most recently, the effects of arts-based peacebuilding.
Number of Pages: 276
Dimensions: 0.8 x 9.3 x 6 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: August 24, 2020