Reforming Global Economic Governance as if Development Mattered

2018 ◽  
Vol 49 (6) ◽  
pp. 1605-1615
Author(s):  
Kevin P. Gallagher
Keyword(s):  
Economic Governance ◽  
Global Economic Governance ◽  
As If

Accountability in Global Economic Governance

2018 ◽  
pp. 452-466 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kate MacDonald
Keyword(s):  
Global Governance ◽  
Cultural Difference ◽  
Social Power ◽  
Multiple Scales ◽  
Political Authority ◽  
Theoretical Problem ◽  
Economic Governance ◽  
Empirical Inquiry ◽  
Governance Processes ◽  
Global Economic Governance

Contemporary theoretical debates surrounding accountability in global economic governance have often adopted a problem-focused analytical lens—centred on real-world political controversies surrounding the accountability of global governing authorities. This chapter explores four distinctive problems of global accountability for which empirical inquiry has usefully informed normative analysis: first, the problem of unaccountable power within global governance processes; second, the problem of decentred political authority in global governance; third, problems establishing appropriate foundations of social power through which normatively desirable transnational accountabilities can be rendered practically effective at multiple scales; finally, problems associated with the need to traverse significant forms of social and cultural difference in negotiating appropriate normative terms of transnational accountability relationships. In relation to each, this chapter examines how systematic engagement between empirical and normative modes of analysis can both illuminate the theoretical problem and inform practical political strategies for strengthening accountability in global economic governance.

Economic Policy and World Organization

2011 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 194-212
Author(s):  
Asaf Bar-Tura
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Economic Policy ◽  
Fair Trade ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Trade Policies ◽  
Economic Governance ◽  
World Poverty ◽  
World Organization ◽  
Global Arena ◽  
Global Economic Governance

AbstractThe global economic crisis and the responses to it have brought to the fore questions of sovereignty and cosmopolitanism. In a world so interlinked, what is the proper way to order the global arena, politically and economically? This essay examines Habermas’ multilayered approach to world organization, as well as Pogge and others. Focusing on the question of trade policies, I argue (contra Habermas) for robust global economic governance policies, but (contra Pogge) that these policies should uphold fair trade instead of free trade. This approach has the advantage of alleviating world poverty while at the same time strengthening local communities in developing countries. To this effect, I show why borders should matter more when it comes to capital, and less when it comes to people.

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