Accountability and global governance: challenging the state-centric conception of human rights

In this paper I analyze some conceptual difficulties associated with the demand that global institutions be made more democratically accountable. In the absence of a world state, it may seem inconsistent to insist that global institutions be accountable to all those subject to their decisions while...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cristina Lafont
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2010-09-01
Series:Ethics & Global Politics
Subjects:
IMF
WTO
Online Access:http://www.ethicsandglobalpolitics.net/index.php/egp/article/view/5507/5961