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Rethinking Fundamental Principles of Global Governance: How to Represent States and Populations in Multilateral Institutions
Author(s) -
RAMACHANDRAN VIJAYA,
RUEDASABATER ENRIQUE J.,
KRAFT ROBIN
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
governance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.46
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1468-0491
pISSN - 0952-1895
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0491.2009.01442.x
Subject(s) - deliberation , argument (complex analysis) , global governance , corporate governance , heuristic , politics , representation (politics) , political science , international relations , law and economics , economic system , sociology , positive economics , political economy , public administration , economics , epistemology , law , management , biochemistry , chemistry , philosophy
International politics are undoubtedly in transition along recognizable lines. The resulting disruptive effects on the international institutions founded after World War II are no less evident. Such times demand a principled basis to guide the politics of structural choice for global governance. This article provides a heuristic argument about the most general issues of structural choice, focusing on how to designate the constituencies of the global governance system and the mode of their representation. A concrete illustration of this heuristic argument is provided to demonstrate its plausibility as a starting point for deliberation about the structure of a global governance system.