The prospects of deliberative global governance in the G20: legitimacy, accountability, and public contestation


Autoria(s): Slaughter, Steven
Data(s)

01/01/2013

Resumo

This article contends that the ‘G’ system struggles to play a legitimate and effective role in global governance and argues that the G20 could play a important role if the forum was more publically accountable. This article argues that because of increasing forms of public contestation, the broadening agenda of the G8 and G20 and the uncertain status of global cooperation, that the legitimacy of the ‘G’ system is being questioned. As such, it is appropriate to consider deliberative avenues whereby public views could be considered by the G20 in a systematic way to foster forms of accountability. This consideration is animated by deliberative democracy theory and republican theory which advance a normative agenda which seeks to transform governance structures by enhancing the role of deliberation and public reasoning in political life. The article outlines the development of the ‘G’ system's legitimacy, considers possible modes of accountability and public involvement with respect to the G20 and examines the implications of more formalised public deliberation with respect to the G20.

Identificador

http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30057072

Idioma(s)

eng

Publicador

Cambridge University Press

Relação

http://dro.deakin.edu.au/eserv/DU:30057072/Slaughter-prospectsofdeliberative-2013.pdf

http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0260210512000058

Direitos

2013, Cambridge University Press

Palavras-Chave #global governance #G20
Tipo

Journal Article