Making International Organizations More Democratic
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Alois Stutzer
World governance today is characterized by international organizations lacking democratic legitimacy and control by the citizens they claim to represent. They are also criticized for being inefficient. This leads to violent protests and to NGOs having great influence. To address these problems, we propose international governance based on the democratic idea of citizen participation: All citizens of the member countries of international organizations have the potential right to participate in the decision-making of international organizations via initiatives, referendums and recalls. In order to reduce transaction costs, a representative group of citizens is randomly selected who can actually exercise their participation rights.
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Articles in the same Issue
- Article
- Making International Organizations More Democratic
- On the Optimal Scope of Negligence
- Caution, Children Crossing: Heterogeneity of Victim's Cost of Care and the Negligence Rule
- Singing Along: A Comment On Goldberg & Muris On the Three Tenors
- Discordant Notes: A Reply to Professor Wright
