Democracy and Global Governance: The Internal and External Levers

20 Pages Posted: 17 Jan 2015

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Daniele Archibugi

Italian National Research Council (CNR); University of London - School of Business, Economics and Informatics

Marco Cellini

Italian National Research Council (CNR) - Institute for Research on Population and Social Policies (IRPPS); Luiss Guido Carli University, Department of Political Science

Date Written: January 16, 2015

Abstract

The paper explores the methods to introduce democratic devices in global governance. The first part makes an attempt to define what a democratic deficit is. The second part provides some benchmark to identify when and how international organizations, the most important and visible part of global governance, corresponds to the values of democracy. The third part presents the internal and the external levers. The internal lever is defined as the ways in which democratization within countries helps to foster more transparent, accountable and participatory forms of global governance. The external lever is defined as the ways in which international organizations contribute to promote democratic transition and consolidation in their members. Neither the internal nor the external levers work effectively if they are left to inter-governmental bargaining only. An active participation of non-governmental actors is needed in order to make them effective. The paper finally discuss a list of proposals to democratize global governance.

Keywords: Global Governance, Democratization, Internal and External levers

Suggested Citation

Archibugi, Daniele and Cellini, Marco, Democracy and Global Governance: The Internal and External Levers (January 16, 2015). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2550766 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2550766

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