Accountability and opposition to globalization in international assemblies
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Accountability and opposition to globalization in international assemblies. / De Wilde, Pieter; Junk, Wiebke Marie; Palmtag, Tabea.
In: European Journal of International Relations, Vol. 22, No. 4, 5, 15.09.2016, p. 823-846.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Accountability and opposition to globalization in international assemblies
AU - De Wilde, Pieter
AU - Junk, Wiebke Marie
AU - Palmtag, Tabea
PY - 2016/9/15
Y1 - 2016/9/15
N2 - Advocates of a global democratic parliament have expressed hopes that this would not only legitimize global governance in procedural terms, but also bring about more cosmopolitan policies. They point to the European Parliament as an example of a successful real existing democratic parliament beyond the state with cosmopolitan intent. We analyse plenary debates in the United Nations General Assembly and the European Parliament about the issues of climate change, human rights, migration, trade and European integration between 2004 and 2011 to study the nature of opposition to cosmopolitanism within these two assemblies. We find more vocal and better-organized opposition to cosmopolitanism in the European Parliament than in the United Nations General Assembly. We demonstrate the plausibility that direct and more proportional mechanisms of delegation and accountability in the case of the European Parliament account for this observed difference. Should further research confirm these initial findings, advocates of a global democratic parliament may find that an empowered democratic World Parliament would support less cosmopolitan policies than the current United Nations General Assembly.
AB - Advocates of a global democratic parliament have expressed hopes that this would not only legitimize global governance in procedural terms, but also bring about more cosmopolitan policies. They point to the European Parliament as an example of a successful real existing democratic parliament beyond the state with cosmopolitan intent. We analyse plenary debates in the United Nations General Assembly and the European Parliament about the issues of climate change, human rights, migration, trade and European integration between 2004 and 2011 to study the nature of opposition to cosmopolitanism within these two assemblies. We find more vocal and better-organized opposition to cosmopolitanism in the European Parliament than in the United Nations General Assembly. We demonstrate the plausibility that direct and more proportional mechanisms of delegation and accountability in the case of the European Parliament account for this observed difference. Should further research confirm these initial findings, advocates of a global democratic parliament may find that an empowered democratic World Parliament would support less cosmopolitan policies than the current United Nations General Assembly.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - Representation
KW - EU
KW - UN
KW - Claims analysis
KW - United Nations General Assemblies
KW - cleavage
KW - globalization
U2 - 10.1177/1354066115604032
DO - 10.1177/1354066115604032
M3 - Journal article
VL - 22
SP - 823
EP - 846
JO - European Journal of International Relations
JF - European Journal of International Relations
SN - 1354-0661
IS - 4
M1 - 5
ER -
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