Intergovernmental Accountability

Author : Peter Graefe,Julie M. Simmons,Linda Ann White
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781442613348

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Overpromising and Underperforming? by Peter Graefe,Julie M. Simmons,Linda Ann White Pdf

Public reporting has been used experimentally in federal-provincial relations since the mid-1990s as an accountability mechanism to promote policy effectiveness, intergovernmental cooperation, and democratic legitimacy. Our understanding of how well it is working, however, remains limited to very specific policy sectors – even though this information is essential to policy makers in Canada and beyond. Overpromising and Underperforming? offers a deeper analysis of the use of new accountability mechanisms, paying particular attention to areas in which federal spending power is used. This is the first volume to specifically analyse the accountability features of Canadian intergovernmental agreements and to do so systematically across policy sectors. Drawing on the experiences of other federal systems and multilevel governance structures, the contributors investigate how public reporting has been used in various policy fields and the impact it has had on policy-making and intergovernmental relations.

Author : Stian Øby Johansen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-16
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781108495677

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The Human Rights Accountability Mechanisms of International Organizations by Stian Øby Johansen Pdf

Establishes a framework for analyzing and assessing the accountability mechanisms of international organizations, and applies it to three case studies.

Author : Linda Goncalves Veiga,Mathew Kurian,Reza Ardakanian
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2014-09-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3319062972

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Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations by Linda Goncalves Veiga,Mathew Kurian,Reza Ardakanian Pdf

Author : Thomas D. Zweifel
Publisher : Swiss Consulting Group, Inc.
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Democracy
ISBN : 9781588263926

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International Organizations and Democracy by Thomas D. Zweifel Pdf

?Zweifel?s persuasive and highly relevant book is a significant contribution to the literature on IO governance.? ?Edward McMahon, University of VermontDo international organizations represent the interests of the global citizenry? Or are they merely vehicles for the agendas of powerful nations and special interests? Thomas Zweifel explores this increasingly contentious issue, deftly blending history, theory, and case studies.Zweifel?s analysis covers both regional organizations (e.g., the EU, NAFTA, NATO, the AU) and such global institutions as the United Nations, the World Bank, and the World Trade Organization. With international organizations becoming perhaps the most appropriate?if not the only?forum for tackling myriad transnational challenges, his systematic study of how these organizations function is central to the study of both international relations and democracy in the 21st century.Thomas D. Zweifel, CEO of the Swiss Consulting Group, is also adjunct professor at Columbia University?s School of International and Public Affairs. Previously, he served as director of global operations for the Hunger Project.Contents: The Democratic Deficit of International Organizations. An Approach to Transnational Democracy. A Brief History of International Organization. The United Nations. The World Bank. The International Monetary Fund. The World Trade Organization. The European Union. From OAU to African Union. Other Regional Organizations: NAFTA, NATO, and ASEAN. Global Citizenship?

Author : Linda Gonçalves Veiga,Mathew Kurian,Reza Ardakanian
Publisher : Springer
Page : 79 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319062969

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Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations by Linda Gonçalves Veiga,Mathew Kurian,Reza Ardakanian Pdf

This book examines and analyzes issues related to public finance in subnational governments, along with a discussion of case studies on decentralization. Most of the analysis applies to all public goods and services provided by subnational governments, with some placed on the role of subnational governments in the management of environmental resources, notably water and waste Coverage includes optimal arrangements for sharing fiscal responsibilities among different levels of government, the potential impact of decentralization on the quality of public goods delivery, local governments’ expenditure and revenue choices, and the effect of decentralization on accountability, governance and policy outcomes. The scope of discussion extends to both public finance theory and applied policy debates. The first chapter, on trends in financing of public services, opens with an explanation of the how and why of government intervention in the economy, the nature and purposes of transfers between and among governments and trends in decentralization. Case studies examine the impact of decentralization in such areas as service delivery, water and sanitation, education and health, and on poverty and income inequality. Chapter 2 examines public budgets: governance structures, norms and organizational practices, building up understanding of budgets, budget cycles, fiscal revenues from fees and taxes, expenses, debt and political economy issues, rules mandating balanced budgets in government and more. Chapter 3 discusses issues of accountability and policy outcomes, offering important lessons from recent international experience, including ways to strengthen political, administrative and financial accountability. The concluding chapter recounts lessons from recent international experience and surveys implications for the nexus approach to management of environmental resources. The information, analysis and expert advice presented here is particularly relevant for developing and emerging countries, where well designed decentralization reforms have a higher potential to improve efficiency in the provision of public services, and to enhance the development of integrated and sustainable strategies for the use of water, soil and waste resources and applications that advance the nexus approach.

Author : Bruce D. McDowell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Government publications
ISBN : UOM:39015038182930

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Intergovernmental Accountability by Bruce D. McDowell Pdf

Author : Lisa Yarwood
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2010-11-24
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781136871160

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State Accountability Under International Law by Lisa Yarwood Pdf

This book considers the extent to which States are held accountable for breaches of jus cogens norms under international law. The concept of State accountability is distinguished from the doctrine of State responsibility and refers to an ad hoc practice in international relations that seeks to ensure States do not escape with impunity when they violate norms that are considered fundamental to the interests of the international community as a whole. State Accountability under International Law sets forth a definition of State accountability and establishes a threshold against which the existence, or not, of State accountability can be determined. Using a Foucauldian influenced interpretive methodology, this book adopts a novel construction of State accountability as having legal, political and even moral characteristics. It argues that the international community seeks to hold States accountable utilising a variety of traditional and non-traditional responses that cumulatively recognise that the institutions that comprise and legitimise the State were instrumental in the particular breach. Using case studies taken from State practice from throughout the twentieth century and covering a range of geographic contexts, the conclusion is that there is evidence that State accountability, as it is conceptualised here, is evolving into a legal principle. The book draws together the many academic theories relating to accountability that have arisen in various areas of international law including environmental law, human rights and trade law before going on to examine an emerging practice of State accountability. A variety of ad hoc attempts and informal mechanisms are assessed against the threshold of State accountability established, with emphasis being given to practical examples ranging from the accountability of Germany and Japan after World War Two to the current attempts to seek accountability from Russia for former crimes of the USSR.

Author : Liesbeth Enneking,Ivo Giesen,Anne-Jetske Schaap,Cedric Ryngaert,Francois Kristen,Lucas Roorda
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2019-12-05
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781351127141

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Accountability, International Business Operations and the Law by Liesbeth Enneking,Ivo Giesen,Anne-Jetske Schaap,Cedric Ryngaert,Francois Kristen,Lucas Roorda Pdf

A consensus has emerged that corporations have societal and environmental responsibilities when operating transnationally. However, how exactly corporations can be held legally accountable for their transgressions, if at all, is less clear. This volume inquires how regulatory tools stemming from international law, public law, and private law may or may not be used for transnational corporate accountability purposes. Attention is devoted to applicable standards of liability, institutional and jurisdictional issues, and practical challenges, with a focus on ways to improve the existing legal status quo. In addition, there is consideration of the extent to which non-legal regulatory instruments may complement or provide more viable alternatives to these legal mechanisms. The book combines legaldoctrinal approaches with comparative, interdisciplinary, and policy insights with the dual aim of furthering the legal scholarly debate on these issues and enabling higher quality decision-making by policymakers seeking to implement regulatory measures that enhance corporate accountability in this context. Through its study of contemporary developments in legislation and case law, it provides a timely and important contribution to the scholarly and sociopolitical debate in the fastevolving field of international corporate social responsibility and accountability.

Author : Gisela Hirschmann
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780198861249

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Accountability in Global Governance by Gisela Hirschmann Pdf

How can international organizations (IOs) like the United Nations (UN) and their implementing partners be held accountable if their actions and policies violate fundamental human rights? This book provides a new conceptual framework to study pluralist accountability, whereby third parties hold IOs and their implementing partners accountable for human rights violations. Based on a rich study of UN-mandated operations in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Kosovo, the EU Troika's austerity policy, and Global Public-Private Health Partnerships in India, this book analyzes how competition and human rights vulnerability shape the evolution of pluralist accountability in response to diverse human rights violations, such as human trafficking, the violation of the rights of detainees, economic rights, and the right to consent in clinical trials. While highlighting the importance of alternative accountability mechanisms for legitimacy of IOs, this book also argues that pluralist accountability should not be regarded as a panacea for IOs' legitimacy problems, as it is often less legalized and might cause multiple accountability disorder.

Author : Hans Born,Ian Leigh,Aidan Wills
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2011-01-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136831393

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International Intelligence Cooperation and Accountability by Hans Born,Ian Leigh,Aidan Wills Pdf

This book examines how international intelligence cooperation has come to prominence post-9/11 and introduces the main accountability, legal and human rights challenges that it poses. Since the end of the Cold War, the threats that intelligence services are tasked with confronting have become increasingly transnational in nature – organised crime, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and terrorism. The growth of these threats has impelled intelligence services to cooperate with contemporaries in other states to meet these challenges. While cooperation between certain Western states in some areas of intelligence operations (such as signals intelligence) is longstanding, since 9/11 there has been an exponential increase in both their scope and scale. This edited volume explores not only the challenges to accountability presented by international intelligence cooperation but also possible solutions for strengthening accountability for activities that are likely to remain fundamental to the work of intelligence services. The book will be of much interest to students of intelligence studies, security studies, international law, global governance and IR in general.

Author : Edel Hughes,William Schabas,Ramesh Chandra Thakur
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015076160756

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Atrocities and International Accountability by Edel Hughes,William Schabas,Ramesh Chandra Thakur Pdf

Rebuilding societies where conflict has occurred is rarely a simple process. Where conflict has been accompanied by gross and systematic violations of human rights, the procedure becomes very controversial. The traditional debate on "transitional justice" sought to balance justice, truth, accountability, peace, and stability. The appearance of impunity for past crimes undermines confidence in new democratic structures and casts doubt upon commitments to human rights. Yet the need to consolidate peace sometimes resulted in reluctance on the part of authorities --both local and international --to confront suspected perpetrators of human rights violations, especially when they are a part of a peace process. Experience in many regions of the world therefore suggested a tradeoff between peace and justice. But that is changing. There is a growing consensus that some forms of justice and accountability are integral to --rather than in tension with --peace and stability. This volume considers whether we are truly going beyond the transitional justice debate. It brings together eminent scholars and practitioners with direct experience in some of the most challenging cases of international justice, and illustrates that justice and accountability remain complex, but not mutually exclusive, ideals.

Author : Susanna P. Campbell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2018-06-07
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781108418652

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Global Governance and Local Peace by Susanna P. Campbell Pdf

Local peacebuilding and global accountability -- The country context--Burundi from 1999 to 2014 -- Ingos in peacebuilding--globally unaccountable, locally adaptive -- International organizations in peacebuilding--globally accountable, locally constrained -- Bilateral development donors--accountable for global targets, not local change

Author : Carla Ferstman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-26
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780192536471

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International Organizations and the Fight for Accountability by Carla Ferstman Pdf

International organizations have increasingly taken on state or quasi state-like functions in order to exercise control over individuals and societies, most pressingly in contexts of conflict and transition. Their engagement in peace operations has progressively widened, with mandates now regularly including the protection of civilian populations and, in several new operations, containing peace enforcement responsibilities with active combat duties. This increases the risk that their conduct may infringe human rights and international humanitarian law. This book explores the ways in which the principles of accountability and reparation apply to international organizations. When considering whether international organizations are obliged to afford reparation and to whom it is owed, as well as what it entails, we are confronted with the challenge of understanding how the law of responsibility intersects with specialized regimes of human rights and international humanitarian law, particularly in its application to individuals. The justifications for organizational immunities and other limits on international organizations' responsibilities were conceived to ensure IOs independence from state influences and their capacity to engage in often difficult circumstances. Many, if not all, of these rationales remain relevant today, yet disciplinary, oversight, and judicial structures that exist in state administrations to promote accountability and forestall abuses have only partially been put into place for international organizations. At the same time, individuals affected by their conduct have had no, or only cursory recourse to domestic, regional and international courts and they have not been able to rely on their states of nationality to pursue claims on their behalf.

Author : Charlotte Ku,Harold K. Jacobson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2003-02-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0521002079

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Democratic Accountability and the Use of Force in International Law by Charlotte Ku,Harold K. Jacobson Pdf

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Author : Kamran Ali Afzal,Mark Considine
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2014-11-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317661320

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Democratic Accountability and International Human Development by Kamran Ali Afzal,Mark Considine Pdf

Scholars and policymakers have long known that there is a strong link between human development and spending on key areas such as education and health. However, many states still neglect these considerations in favour of competing priorities, such as expanding their armies. This book examines how states arrive at these decisions, analysing how democratic accountability influences public spending and impacts on human development. The book shows how the broader paradigm of democratic accountability – extending beyond political democracy to also include bureaucratic and judicial institutions as well as taxation and other modes of resource mobilisation – can best explain how states allocate public resources for human development. Combining cross-country regression analysis with exemplary case studies from Pakistan, India, Botswana and Argentina, the book demonstrates that enhancing human capabilities requires not only effective party competition and fair elections, but also a particular nesting of public organisational structures that are tied to taxpaying citizens in an undisturbed chain of accountability. It draws out vital lessons for institutional design and our approach to the question of human development, particularly in the less developed states. This book will be of great interest to postgraduate students and researchers in the fields of political economy, public policy, governance, and development. It also provides valuable insights for those working in the international relations field, including inside major aid and investment organisations.