The Global Legitimacy Game: Civil Society, Globalization And Protest (palgrave Texts In International Political Economy)

There is a heated debate underway on the legitimacy of global activists, a war of words (and sometimes stones and teargas) that is rarely examined from top to bottom. This latest book by Canadian commentator Van Rooy scrutinizes the new legitimacy rules, arguing that they have real impact on how our world is governed. In dissecting representation, rights, experience, expertise, moral authority and other evolving rules of legitimation, Van Rooy points to her own proposals for global supplementary democracy. Annotation There is a heated debate underway on the legitimacy of global activists, a war of words (and sometimes stones and teargas) that is rarely examined from top to bottom. Canadian commentator Alison Van Rooy scrutinizes the new legitimacy rules, arguing that they have real impact on how our world is governed. In dissecting the 'rules' about representation ('who elected you?'), rights, experience, expertise, moral authority, and other legitimation measures, she debates the impact of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the shape of civic protest. Musing on these changes in global social movements, she points to her own proposals for global supplementary democracy-another way to improve the governance of our globe Contents......Page 6 List of Acronyms......Page 10 Acknowledgements......Page 12 About the Author......Page 13 Introduction: Gorillas, Ants, Elephants, Canaries......Page 14 1 The Civil Society Thing: Who, What, Why, Where, How?......Page 18 2 Activism’s Bumper Decade......Page 46 3 The Legitimacy Game: The Representation Rules......Page 75 4 The Legitimacy Game: The Other Rules......Page 90 5 The Legitimacy Game: The Hidden Rules......Page 116 6 The Crisis of Global Governance and a Compromise Solution......Page 140 Bibliography......Page 174 Index......Page 197 "There is a heated debate underway on the legitimacy of global activists, a war of words (and sometimes stones and teargas) that is rarely examined from top to bottom. This latest book by Canadian commentator Van Rooy scrutinizes the new legitimacy rules, arguing that they have real impact on how our world is governed. In dissecting representation, rights, experience, expertise, moral authority and other evolving rules of legitimation, Van Rooy points to her own proposals for global supplementary democracy." -- Publisher's web site This volume combines chapters containing multidisciplinary academic analysis of the causes of the continued existence of contemporary forms of slavery, such as globalization, poverty and migration with empirical chapters on trafficking, domestic migrant workers and bonded labour