Linkage Deficits in Transnational Politics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6299111 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eva Etzioni-Halevy (Bar-Ilan University), Eva Etzioni‐halevy (Bar-Ilan University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 203-222 |
| Publication date | 2002-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Political Science Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0192-5121 • E-ISSN: 1460-373X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0192512102023002006 |
| OpenAlex | W1998235174 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 9 |
Globalization entails the development of a set of transnational organizations, and these are becoming major arbiters of power and policies. These organizations are headed by elites and thus, in addition to national elites, we now have a second layer of transnational elites. This article examines the linkages between such elites and the public in two organizations: the International Monetary Fund and the European Union. Its argument is that such links, or couplings, between elites and the public are of crucial importance to democracy, and to progress toward a more egalitarian distribution of socio-economic resources. Further, it documents a series of deficits in elite-public linkages in the two organizations analyzed. When linkages are deficient this means that democracy in these transnational organizations is flawed as well. Concomitantly, and partly because of the same inadequacy in their coupling with the public, these elites are also instrumental in increasing socio-economic inequalities
Argument (complex analysis · Democracy · Elite · Globalization · Linkage (software · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sociology · Elite Sociology and Global Capitalism · European Union Policy and Governance · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Public Administration
The Transnational Capitalist Class
The Council of Ministers
The Council of Ministers
Legitimacy and the European Union
Classes and Elites in Democracy and Democratization
Transnational Capitalist Class, The
Rules, Ideology and Coalition Formation in the European Parliament
Élites, inequality and the quality of democracy in ultramodern society
| Citations per year | 0.09 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2004 - 2004 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |