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Authority in Global Governance

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This book develops an original framework for analysing how governance authority is constituted, stabilized and contested across global institutions. Through the lenses of constellations, in/formal...
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  • 01 August 2027
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This book develops an original framework for analysing how governance authority is constituted, stabilized and contested across global institutions. Through the lenses of constellations, in/formalization and contestation, it offers new tools for studying legitimacy, power and public interest claims in contemporary global governance.
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Pages: 352
Publisher: Bristol University Press
Imprint: Bristol University Press
Publication Date: 01 August 2027
ISBN: 9781529264272
Format: Paperback
BISACs: POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, International relations, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, Political science and theory, Political structure and processes, Public international law
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Valter Angelo da Silva Junior, Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Germany.

Ruji Auethavornpipat, Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, La Trobe University, Australia.

Gordon M. Friedrichs, Senior Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law , Germany.

Magdalena König, Senior Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law , Germany.

Janne Mende, Interim Professor of Multi-Level Governance at the University of Freiburg, and Head of the MAGGI Research Group at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Germany.

1. Studying Authority in Global Governance - Janne Mende, Valter Angelo da Silva Junior, Ruji Auethavornpipat, Gordon M. Friedrichs and Magdalena König

Part I: Constellations of Authority

2. International City Networks Claiming Authority Through Self-Agentification - Bastian Loges, Anja P. Jakobi and Ronja Haenschen

3. Hybrid Tech Constellations as Public Governance Intermediaries - Swati Srivastava

4. Private Actors and the Construction of Governance Authority in Sustainability - Janne Mende

5. Multinational Enterprises as Reluctant or Engaged Global Governors - Matthias Hofferberth

6. Paradiplomacy and the Authority of Sub-State Authorities in the Russian War Against Ukraine - Gordon M. Friedrichs

7. Beyond the WHO: International Organizations' Authority in the Covid-19 Pandemic - Lunting Wu

Part II: In/formalization of Authority

8. How Formalization Shapes Civil Society Organizations’ Authority in EU Free Trade Agreements - Valter Angelo da Silva Junior

9. Illicit Actors Challenging State Authority Through Formalization and Informalization - Cüneyt Gürer

10. Religious Authority in Global Governance Through Moral Imperatives and Informal Means - Katharina McLarren

Part III: Contestation of Authority

11. Challenging the Authority-Contestation Link Beyond Sovereignty Dynamics in the EU - Johanna Speyer

12. Contesting Authority Through Moral Arguments at the International Labour Organization - Iris Bartelt

13. Human Rights Due Diligence and the Contestation of Sports Governing Bodies' Authority - Daniela Heerdt, Shubham Jain & Scott Jerbi

14. Civil Society Organizations as Partners and Challengers in EU Preventive Counter-Terrorism - Magdalena König

15. How Sub-Regional Institutions in Southeast Asia Deviate from Liberal Expectations of Authority - Jürgen Rüland

16. The International Law Commission and the Self-Reinforcing Dynamics of Uncontested Authority - Ying Sun

17. Conclusion: The Multiple Forms of Authority in Global Governance - Janne Mende, Valter Angelo da Silva Junior, Ruji Auethavornpipat, Gordon M. Friedrichs and Magdalena König