Democracy Beyond the Nation State? Transnational Actors and Global Governance
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Introduction
Exploring the role of transnational actors in the democratization of global governance, this research program addresses three scholarly themes: (1) transnational actors and the democratization of international institutions, (2) democracy and public-private partnerships in global governance, and (3) the democratic credentials of transnational actors. The program goes beyond existing research in three central respects. First, it integrates normative democratic theory and empirical research in a global context. In contrast to the strong emphasis on normative theory in existing research, this program pursues a dual agenda, tracing the implications of alternative models of democracy for the prospects of democratization, and exploring empirically actual attempts to democratize international institutions through transnational organization. Second, the program adopts a comparative research design. As opposed to the single-case studies that dominate existing empirical research, this program includes broad comparisons across such issue-areas as trade, development, health, human rights, security, the environment and migration. Third, it includes and assesses the full spectrum of transnational actors. Whereas existing studies of transnational organization in global governance tend to focus either on civil society actors or multinational corporations, we study political processes that involve both categories, and assess the democratic credentials of both categories.
Further Details
Financed by means of a six year grant from the Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation
Department Researchers in this Project
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Koordinator/Projektledare
Christer
Jönsson
(Other) |
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Magdalena
Bexell
(Senior Lecturer) |
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Catia
Gregoratti
(Senior Lecturer) |
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Kristina
Jönsson
(Senior Lecturer) |
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Sara
Kalm
(Senior Lecturer) |
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Catarina
Kinnvall
(Professor) |
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Ted
Svensson
(Assistant Professor) |
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Anders
Uhlin
(Professor) |
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Pelle
Åberg
(Researcher) |
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Projektmedlem - infomaster
Karin
Bäckstrand
(Professor) |
External Project Members
medlemmar från Stockholms universitet: FD Hans Agné FD Eva Erman Professor Ulrika Mörth FD Sofia Näsström Docent Jonas Tallberg FD Åsa Vifell
