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Research Highlights and Abstract This article Highlights how G20 'endorsement' promotes and enhances the legitimacy of specialist technical agencies and organisations Provides a case study highlighting the impact of G20 endorsement on the OECD's international tax transparency agenda Develops a mid-level theory of G20 endorsement in order to analyse this emerging form of authority in global governance The G20 Leaders' Forum has been touted as 'The world's premier forum for promoting global cooperation', yet beyond this rhetoric the track record of the G20 is varied leading critics to claim sit is little more than a 'toothless talkshop'. We argue that such sweeping generalisations are difficult to sustain in the light of evidence from some issue arenas in which the G20 has been active. This article draws on the extant literature on the 'Gs'and network governance in an attempt to theorise and explain the G20's endorsement function, or its capacity to promote and legitimise the work of specialised organisations and networks. We build on the extant literature using a semi-inductive method focusing on the G20's endorsement of the OECD's international tax transparency agenda to develop a mid-level framework for analysing this important source of authority in global governance.

In many respects, Europe and Africa (particularly Southern Africa) represent two opposing examples in the study of intra-regional migration and social cohesion. The European Union (EU) has been a global pioneer in allowing freedom of movement and portability of social rights across member states. A centerpiece of the EU integration process has been the progressive establishment of a common market, in which goods, services, capital, and people can move freely. With regard to the la􀄴 er, the concept of free movement originally only targeted the economically active population (in other words, the free movement of workers) but was gradually extended by Treaty amendments to all citizens of the EU. This extension was further strengthened by the Treaty of Maastricht in 1992, which introduced the concept of citizenship in the European Union thereby establishing the fundamental and personal right to move and reside freely within the EU.

AbstractThis article provides an insight into the status quo and functions of the European Parliament (EP) in the European Union (EU) multi‐level governance system in order to better locate the structural issues the EP is facing in terms of accountability and legitimacy in the EU. The study mainly finds that the EP's extension of powers by the treaties and non‐treaty‐based inter‐institutional agreements has led it to become a legislative powerhouse, the work of which is concentrated in the less visible committees. This development, however, comes at the cost of the EP's function as a public arena of debate and conflict, with the big party groups mainly voting like a singular bloc in the plenary because decisions had already been agreed in the committees. In sum, increasing competences and workloads do not lead to more legitimacy and accountability.

<p>El futuro de la Unión Europea (UE) a menudo se debate bajo la hipótesis de la construcción de una entidad política democrática sui generis, es decir, fuera de los estándares de las tipologías de los sistemas políticos convencionales. Dicho análisis suele inscribirse en visiones no estadocéntricas de la UE, principalmente en los análisis multinivel de la gobernanza. Al mismo tiempo, la teorización sobre el desarrollo de una comunidad política en la UE que pueda sostener su legitimidad democrática se basa, en gran medida, en los debates sobre democracia representativa y directa. El argumento de fondo de este texto es el de que los dos marcos teóricos (gobernanza multinivel y teoría democrática) contribuyen de manera importante a la comprensión del proceso de integración política europea, a saber en lo relativo a lo logrado hasta el presente y a los impactos de momentos de cambio como la «crisis».</p><p><strong>Recibido</strong>: 30.03.2013<br /> <strong>Aceptado</strong>: 17.06.2013</p>