The Virtuous Cycle: A New Paradigm for Democratizing Global Governance Through Deliberation

30 Comparative Labor Law and Policy Journal, 801 (2008)

35 Pages Posted: 19 Mar 2014

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Faina Milman-Sivan

University of Haifa - Faculty of Law

Date Written: 2008

Abstract

This paper offers a new approach to democratic representation in global governance. Given the democratic deficit crisis of global governance institutions, questions on whether and how international civil society groups could strengthen democracy within international institutions are at the crux of current debates on global governance. A common premise suggests that that the incorporation of international civil society into global governance would result in the representation of a broader array of interests in the global arena. The article questions this premise, drawing on the experience of the International Labor Organization (ILO), the organization that has had the longest and deepest formal engagement with civil society groups. The article analyzes the Tripartite Structure of the ILO, the norm of freedom of association and recent reform to the ILO's Credential Committee. Drawing on this analysis, it advances an alternative paradigm for democratizing global governance, that of the Internal Functioning Approach.

Keywords: International Labor Organization, International Labor Law, Freedom of Association, Tripartite Structure, Credentials Committee, Labor Law

Suggested Citation

Milman-Sivan, Faina, The Virtuous Cycle: A New Paradigm for Democratizing Global Governance Through Deliberation (2008). 30 Comparative Labor Law and Policy Journal, 801 (2008), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2410376

Faina Milman-Sivan (Contact Author)

University of Haifa - Faculty of Law ( email )

Mount Carmel
Haifa, 31905
Israel

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