Klaus Dingwerth

In light of recent significant changes to the global order, The Unmaking of Special Rights explores an often-forgotten aspect of these power shifts: special rights for developing countries. Written by a group of esteemed experts, it analyzes when and how special rights for developing countries have evolved in the context of global power shifts. This informative book outlines how, since decolonization, several global regimes have granted ‘disadvantaged’ members exemptions, yet the rise of Brazil, India, China, and other countries has led to pressure to adjust these rights to new economic realities. Based on case studies in global trade, climate, and health governance, this groundbreaking book comparatively assesses the evolution of differential treatment across global governance, highlighting how treating all developing countries as a single group has gradually been replaced with a more nuanced approach. Chapters cover differentiated responsibilities in the climate regime, capacity, willingness and need in the health regime, and special and differential treatment in the World Trade Organization (WTO). For academics, researchers and students specializing in international economics, law and politics, international political economy, and public policy, this book will be a vital read. Providing in-depth comparative case studies, it will also be of interest to practitioners and policymakers working in international development organizations.

International organizations like the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund, or the European Union are a defining feature of contemporary world politics. In recent years, many of them have also become heavily politicized. In this book, we examine how the norms and values that underpin the evaluations of international organizations have changed over the past 50 years. Looking at five organizations in depth, we observe two major trends. Taken together, both trends make the legitimation of international organizations more challenging today. First, people-based legitimacy standards are on the rise: international organizations are increasingly asked to demonstrate not only what they do for their member states, but also for the people living in these states. Second, procedural legitimacy standards gain ground: international organizations are increasingly evaluated not only based on what they accomplish, but also based on how they arrive at decisions, manage themselves, or coordinate with other organizations in the field. In sum, the study thus documents how the list of expectations international organizations need to fulfil to count as 'legitimate' has expanded over time. The sources of this expansion are manifold. Among others, they include the politicization of expanded international authority and the rise of non-state actors as new audiences from which international organizations seek legitimacy.

Internationale Organisationen stehen im Zentrum der Diskussion über das "Demokratiedefizit" internationaler Politik. Während politische Entscheidungen zunehmend auf internationaler Ebene getroffen werden, zweifeln Kritiker immer wieder an der Legitimation dieser Entscheidungen. Das Buch führt ein in die Diskussion über demokratisches Regieren "jenseits des Staates", es stellt die Funktionsweise von EU, WTO und UNO vor und diskutiert, inwieweit das Regieren in diesen Organisationen demokratischen Grundsätzen genügt bzw. wie sich Demokratiedefizite beheben lassen.

In diesem Band wird das Recht als Untersuchungsgegenstand der internationalen Politik dargestellt. Dies wird durch die Fragestellungen und Ergebnisse theoriegeleiteter normativer und empirisch-analytischer Forschung in drei Rechtssph ren - dem V lkerrecht, dem transnationalen Recht und dem Staatsrecht - aufgezeigt. Im Ergebnis werden die Erkenntnisse zu einem umfassenden Bild von der Verrechtlichung internationaler Beziehungen und der Internationalisierung des Rechts zusammengefasst.