The democratic legitimacy of orchestration
The UNFCCC, non-state actors, and transnational climate governance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4977282 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Karin Bäckstrand (0000-0002-8608-8888, Stockholm University, corresponding author), Jonathan W Kuyper (0000-0001-6471-0907, Stockholm University) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 764-788 |
| Publication date | 2017-07-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environmental Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0964-4016 • E-ISSN: 1743-8934 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09644016.2017.1323579 |
| OpenAlex | W2613100158 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 93 |
| References cited | 21 |
Is orchestration democratically legitimate? On one hand, debates concerning the legitimacy and democratic deficits of international politics continue unabated. On the other, the Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has progressively engaged in processes of orchestration culminating in the 2015 Paris Agreement. Scholarship on orchestration has almost exclusively focused on how to ensure effectiveness while excluding normative questions. This lacuna is addressed by arguing that orchestration should be assessed according to its democratic credentials. The promises and pitfalls of orchestration can be usefully analyzed by applying a set of democratic values: participation, deliberation, accountability, and transparency. Two major orchestration efforts by the UNFCCC both pre- and post-Paris are shown to have substantive democratic shortfalls, not least with regard to participation and accountability. Ways of strengthening the democratic legitimacy of orchestration are identified
Accountability · Business · Convention · Corporate governance · Deliberation · Democracy · Legitimacy · Orchestration · Political science · Politics · Climate Change Policy and Economics · Law · Policy Transfer and Learning · Public Administration · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
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