This book explores what the privatization of global rule-making means for democracy. It reconstructs three prominent rule-making processes in the field of global sustainability politics and argues that, if designed properly, private transnational rule-making can be as democratic as intergovernmental rule-making.

'This book is a welcome addition to the literature on global governance. In addressing the role of non-state actors in rule making it provides a cogent challenge to assumptions that only state-based institutions provide a basis for both legitimate and effective governance.' - Marcus Haward, Associate Professor, School of Government and Institute of Antarctic and Southern Ocean Studies, University of Tasmania, Australia.

'...this work is valuable in offering a specific, well-defined and carefully developed framework of assessing the ''democratic credentials'' of transnational rule-making. As such, it would make a fine addition to graduate courses in transnational politics and globalization' - International Studies Review

Autorentext
KLAUS DINGWERTH is Assistant Professor for International Relations at the University of Bremen, Germany, and Research Fellow of The Global Governance Project. He has published on global governance, transnational politics and global environmental politics.

Inhalt
Introduction Disaggregating 'Democratic Legitimacy': A Framework The Democratic Legitimacy of Intergovernmental Rule-Making The World Commission on Dams The Global Reporting Initiative The Forest Stewardship Council The Democratic Legitimacy of Transnational Rule-Making: Conclusions Appendix 1: The World Commission on Dams' Strategic Priorities and Policy Principles Appendix 2: The Reporting Framework of the Global Reporting Initiative Appendix 3: Principles and Criteria for Forest Stewardship