Global Governance And Public Accountability

This volume brings together prominent scholars from the fields of politics and international relations in order to explore questions of crucial importance to the creation of a viable and legitimate system of global governance. Questions addressed include: To what extent are those who shape global public policies accountable to those affected by their decisions? Are there accountability deficits? Do these deficits weaken the effectiveness and legitimacy of global policy making? And what can realistically be done to reduce such deficits? The book provides a comprehensive analysis of major arenas of global decision-making, and evaluates the democratic quality of current efforts to manage global issues. The international contributors include Thorsten Benner, David Held, Miles Kahler, Mathias Koenig-Archibugi, Andrew Moravcsik, Patrizia Nanz, Wolfgang Reinicke, Thomas Risse, Jan Aart Scholte, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Jens Steffek, Jan Martin Witte, and Michael Zurn.

David Held is Graham Wallas Professor of Political Science at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is the author of Democracy and the Global Order (Polity, 1995), Models of Democracy (Second Edition, Polity, 1996), and Global Covenant (Polity 2004); the co-author of Global Transformations (Polity, 1999) and Globalization/Anti-Globalization (Polity 2002); and the editor or co-editor of Prospects for Democracy (Polity, 1993), Cosmopolitan Democracy (Polity 1995), Re-imagining Political Community (Polity 1998) and Governing Globalization (Polity, 2002).

Mathias Koenig-Archibugi is Lecturer in Global Politics at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is the co-editor of Taming Globalization (Polity, 2003).