Talking Democracy at the United Nations

Dr. Sophie Eisentraut

doi:10.5771/9783748909347

Summary

Rechtmäßige Herrschaft auf internationaler Ebene verlangt zunehmend die Einhaltung demokratischer Standards. Das zumindest suggeriert die Prominenz des Demokratiebegriffs in den Reformdebatten internationaler Organisationen. Auf Basis eines neuen Datensatzes, der ein Jahrzehnt Demokratiediskurs von 159 Staaten über den UN-Sicherheitsrat und die UN Generalversammlung abdeckt, liefert das Buch wichtige Einblicke in das Narrativ vom demokratischen Regieren jenseits des Staates, seine Merkmale und seine Funktionsweise. Die Befunde befruchten nicht nur die Forschung zu empirischer Legitimität, Normkontestation und globaler Demokratie. In einer Zeit, in der ideologischer Wettbewerb auf dem Vormarsch ist, zeugen sie auch von der Kraft der demokratischen Idee.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2020
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8487-6835-6
ISBN-Online: 978-3-7489-0934-7
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: The United Nations and Global Change
Volume: 17
Language: English
Pages: 291
Product type: Book Titles

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 1 - 18
1. 1.1. Research design No access
2. 1.2. Two drivers of states’ democratic discourse: domestic norms and material interests No access
3. 1. 1.3.1. Research on the social legitimacy of international organizations No access
  2. 1.3.2. Research on essentially contested concepts and the contested meaning of norms No access
  3. 1.3.3. Global democracy research No access
4. 1.4. Structure of the book No access
1. 1. 2.1.1. Definition of democracy claims No access
  2. 2.1.2. Dimensions of democracy claims No access
  3. 2.1.3. Concept analysis and the concept of global democracy No access
  4. 2.1.4. Principles of democracy No access
  5. 2.1.5. Subjects of democracy No access
2. 1. 2.2.1. Mechanisms that induce consistency No access
  2. 2.2.2. Norm socialization and internalization No access
  3. 2.2.3. Reputational concerns and normative self-entrapment No access
  4. 2.2.4. Domestic differences No access
  5. 2.2.5. Hypotheses No access
3. 1. 2.3.1. The pressure for and benefits of normative justification No access
  2. 2.3.2. Using norms and redefining them No access
  3. 2.3.3. Material interests as power interests: formal and informal hierarchy No access
  4. 2.3.4. Norm-based power struggles No access
  5. 2.3.5. Hypotheses No access
4. 2.4. Conclusion No access
1. 1. 3.1.1. UN Security Council and UN General Assembly No access
  2. 3.1.2. Data collection: states’ reform speeches and interviews No access
  3. 3.1.3. Data evaluation: keyword and qualitative content analysis No access
2. 3.2. States’ references to democracy No access
3. 1. 1. REPRESENTATION: No access
    2. EQUALITY: No access
    3. ELECTIONS: No access
    4. OTHER PRINCIPLES: No access
    5. Summary No access
  2. 1. Democratic subjects No access
    2. Democratic principles No access
    3. Interpretation of democratic principles No access
    4. EQUALITY: No access
    5. PARTICIPATION: No access
    6. REPRESENTATION: No access
    7. OTHER PRINCIPLES: No access
    8. Summary No access
  3. 3.3.3. Preliminary conclusions: representative democracy beyond the state No access
4. 1. 3.4.1. Empirically conceptualizing meaning contestation No access
  2. 3.4.2. Democracy, an uncontested concept No access
5. 3.5. Conclusion No access
1. 4.1. Operationalizing the independent variables No access
2. 1. 4.2.1. Method No access
  2. 1. Interpretive conflicts about the principle of representation No access
    2. Interpretive conflicts about the principle of equality No access
    3. Interpretive conflicts about the principle of elections No access
    4. Interpretive conflicts about the principle of accountability No access
3. 1. 4.3.1. Method: logistic regression and the analysis of frequency patterns No access
  2. 1. Logic of material interests No access
    2. INSTITUTIONAL POWER: No access
    3. MATERIAL POWER: No access
    4. POWER ASPIRATION AND OPPOSITION TO IT: No access
    5. Logic of normative consistency No access
  3. 1. INSTITUTIONAL POWER: No access
    2. POWER ASPIRATION AND OPPOSITION TO IT: No access
    3. MATERIAL POWER: No access
    4. Logic of normative consistency No access
    5. THE DEMOCRATIC QUALITY OF DOMESTIC INSTITUTIONS: No access
  4. 4.3.4. Preliminary conclusions No access
4. 4.4. Conclusion No access
1. 1. 5.1.1. Semi-structured elite interviews No access
  2. 5.1.2. Selection of countries to be interviewed No access
  3. 5.1.3. The interview process No access
  4. 5.1.4. The questionnaire No access
2. 5.2. Making sense of a puzzling finding: the discourse of democratic states and the LoNC No access
3. 5.3. Alternative conceptions of global rule and the power of the democratic idea No access
4. 5.4. Conclusion No access
1. 1. 6.1.1. States’ democratic discourse: the patterns No access
  2. 6.1.2. The drivers of states’ democratic discourse No access
  3. 6.1.3. The narrative of global democracy No access
2. 1. 6.2.1. The foreign policy of democratic states No access
  2. 6.2.2. The norm of democratic global rule: assessing its power No access
1. 7.1. Qualitative content analysis: unit of analysis, coding unit, good measurement standards No access
2. 7.2. Coding scheme No access
3. 7.3. Interpretive differences about democratic principles: overview No access
4. 7.4. Interview questionnaire No access
Bibliography No access Pages 275 - 291