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The Democratization of International Institutions

First International Democracy Report

Edited by Lucio Levi, Giovanni Finizio, Nicola Vallinoto

To Be Published September 19th 2013 by Routledge – 500 pages

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Description

The democratization of international organizations is a theme increasingly debated all over the world. This is the first work on international democracy that systematically assesses the dynamics of democratization affecting most international organizations; consisting of chapters written by experts in the field, it integrates a large number of case studies with incisive and wide-ranging analysis to produce a volume unparalleled in comparative scope.

Parts One and Two provide a general theoretical assessment of the process of democratization of international organizations and discuss a selected range of global international organizations, including the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund and the World Trade Organization. Parts Three and Four introduce further case studies from regional and inter-regional organizations, Part Five evaluates the role of global civil society movements in the process of democratization and Part Six analyses the most important autonomous international parliamentary assemblies not included within the framework of international organizations.

This title is a valuable resource for scholars and research students in a variety of disciplines relating to politics and international relations, in addition to practitioners and civil servants of international organizations.

Contents

PART I 1Preface Giovanni Finizio, Lucio Levi and Nicola Vallinoto 2 Introduction Lucio Levi 3 The Legal and Political Status of International Parliamentary Institutions Claudia Kissling PART II: Universal Organizations 4United Nations Giovanni Finizio 5 World Bank Tina M. Zappile 6International Monetary Fund Jonathan R. Strand 7World Trade Organization Alexia Herwig 8International Labour Organization Jill Jensen 9Inter-Parliamentary Union Claudia Kissling PART III: Regional Organizations Europe 10The Democratization of the European Union: Historical and Theoretical Aspects Mario Telò Box 1. Benelux 11European Union: the Process Towards Supranationality Lucia Serena Rossi Box 2. Central European Iniziative 12 The Democratization of the European Union Dawid Friedrich Box 3. Nordic Council Africa 13African Union (AU) Stephen S. Kingah 14Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Hélene Gandois 15West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) Kama Tapè Berengér 16 Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) Angela Meyer 17 Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CAEMC) Angela Meyer 18East African Community (EAC) Korwa G. Adar 19 Southern African Development Community (SADC) Andreas Godsäter Box 4. Arab Maghreb Union America 20South American Common Market (MERCOSUR) Mariana Luna Pont 21Andean Community (CAN) Dayanna Sanchez Rodriguez 22Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) Nicolas Comini 23 Central American Integration System (SICA) Giannis Papageorgiou 24 Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Tamara Brown-Onnis 25North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Jordan Bankhead Asia and Oceania 26 Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Herman Joseph S. Kraft 27 South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Deepshikha Shahi 28 Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Jordan Bankhead 29 Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Chris Hamer PART IV: Interregional Organizations 30 Council of Europe (CoE) Kundai M. Sithole Box 5. Arctic Council 31 EU/ACP Partnership Andrea Cofelice Box 6. International Organization of La Francophonie 32 League of Arab States (LAS) Nadine Mourad Sika Box 7. Council of Baltic Sea States 33 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Marek Madej Box 8. Organization of Black Sea Economic Co-operation 34Organization of American States (OAS) Marcos Aurélio Guedes de Oliveira Box 9. Organization of Islamic Cooperation 35 Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Julinda Beqiraj 36 Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and Eurasian Economic Community (EurAsEC) Alexander Libman PART V 37 Autonomous Interparliamentary Assemblies Edited by Laura Roscio: Amazonian Parliament; Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum; Association of Senates, Shoora and Equivalent Councils in Africa and the Arab World; Baltic Assembly; Central European Initiative; Indigenous Parliament of America; Inter-Parliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy; Inter-Parliamentary Forum of the Americas; Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean; Parliamentary Confederation of the Americas PART VI 38Civil Society Movements and Campaigns for International Democracy Nicola Vallinoto

 

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