Altered States: The Globalization of Accountability: Globalization and Liberal State-building
Cambridge University Press, 8/6/2009
EAN 9780521541817, ISBN10: 0521541816
Paperback, 396 pages, 23.5 x 15.6 x 2.3 cm
Language: English
Is globalization good for democracy? Or has it made our governing institutions less accountable to citizens? Located at the intersection of international relations and comparative politics, this book explores the effects of globalization on national governance. Under what circumstances do the transnational forces that embody globalization encourage or discourage political accountability? Among the transnational forces discussed in the book are the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, multinational corporations, the United Nations, private military contractors, peacekeepers, the European Court of Human Rights, and several transnational social movements. Using in-depth case studies of situations in which these transnational institutions interact with national governments and citizens, Valerie Sperling traces the impact of economic, political, military, judicial, and civic globalization on state accountability and investigates the degree to which transnational institutions are themselves responsible to the people whose lives they alter.
1. Transnational institutions and accountability
2. For richer, for poorer
economic globalization
3. Democracy from abroad? Political globalization
4. Army for hire
transnational military forces
5. Trials and tribulations
transnational judicial institutions
6. My country is the whole world
transnational civil society
7. Conclusion
altered states and altered citizens.