Transnational Actors in Global Governance: Patterns, Explanations and Implications

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Transnational Actor Participation in International Institutions: Where, Why, and with What Consequences?....Pages 1-21
Capturing the Transnational: A Conceptual History....Pages 22-44
Transnational Access to International Institutions: Three Approaches....Pages 45-66
Explaining Patterns of Transnational Participation: The Role of Policy Fields....Pages 67-87
Explaining Varying Degrees of Openness in the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)....Pages 88-109
WTO and the Environmental Movement: On the Path to Participatory Governance?....Pages 110-133
Limits to Transnational Participation: The Global Governance of Migration....Pages 134-154
Private Authority on the Rise: A Century of Delegation in Multilateral Environmental Agreements....Pages 155-176
Does Global Democracy Matter? Hypotheses on Famine and War....Pages 177-196
Democracy Counts: Problems of Equality in Transnational Democracy....Pages 197-217
Beyond Democratic Legitimacy: Global Governance and the Promotion of Liberty....Pages 218-236
Transnational Access: Findings and Future Research....Pages 237-251
Back Matter....Pages 253-260