Global stakeholder democracy: power and representation beyond liberal states

Elaborating a democratic framework based on the theoretical concepts of 'public power', 'stakeholder communities' and 'non-electoral representation', this book illustrates the practical implications of these proposals for projects of global institutional reform

Elaborating a democratic framework based on the theoretical concepts of 'public power', 'stakeholder communities' and 'non-electoral representation', this book illustrates the practical implications of these proposals for projects of global institutional reform.

A pressing question at the forefront of current global political debates is: how can we salvage the democratic project in the context of 'globalization'? In recent years political activists have mounted high-profile campaigns for the democratization of powerful international institutions such as the World Bank and IMF, and for greater 'corporate accountability'. In turn, many of the NGOs linked to these campaigns have themselves faced demands for greater democratic legitimacy. Global Stakeholder Democracy responds to these challenges by outlining an innovative theoretical and institutional fra