Accountability and opposition to globalization in international assemblies

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6060433
AutoresPieter De Wilde (0000-0003-1878-7780, WZB Berlin Social Science Center, autor de correspondencia), Wiebke Marie Junk (0000-0002-6230-6158, University of Copenhagen), Tabea Palmtag (0000-0003-4725-2136, University of Zurich)
Año2016
Volumen22
Número4
Páginas823-846
Fecha de publicación2016-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEuropean Journal of International Relations (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1354-0661 • E-ISSN: 1460-3713
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1354066115604032
OpenAlexW2387798049
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas44

Advocates of a global democratic parliament have expressed hopes that this would not only legitimize global governance in procedural terms, but also bring about more cosmopolitan policies. They point to the European Parliament as an example of a successful real existing democratic parliament beyond the state with cosmopolitan intent. We analyse plenary debates in the United Nations General Assembly and the European Parliament about the issues of climate change, human rights, migration, trade and European integration between 2004 and 2011 to study the nature of opposition to cosmopolitanism within these two assemblies. We find more vocal and better-organized opposition to cosmopolitanism in the European Parliament than in the United Nations General Assembly. We demonstrate the plausibility that direct and more proportional mechanisms of delegation and accountability in the case of the European Parliament account for this observed difference. Should further research confirm these initial findings, advocates of a global democratic parliament may find that an empowered democratic World Parliament would support less cosmopolitan policies than the current United Nations General Assembly

Accountability · Cosmopolitanism · Delegation · Democracy · Economics · European integration · European union · Globalization · Human rights · International trade · Parliament · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · European Union Policy and Governance · International Development and Aid · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Public Administration