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Deliberative diplomacy : the Nordic approach to global governance and societal representation at the United Nations
Bok av Norbert Gotz
The ascendency of executive power in the presence of weak parliamentary and societal control has given rise to a need for deliberative forms of diplomacy in international relations. As Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden regularly include members of parliament, party representatives, and representatives of civil society in their delegations to the General Assembly of the United Nations, does this imply that a Nordic model exists? This book reviews the practice of these countries and finds that the role of societal representatives has diminished from participating members of delegations to mere observers. The Nordic examples illuminate the difficulties of achieving international governance through the practice of deliberative democracy.
Table of Contents
List of figures, images, and tables
List of abbreviations
Preface
1. Introduction
The problem
Why do the General Assembly and Norden matter?
Theory and methodology
Prior research
2. Challenges and traditions
Delegation and representation at the United Nations
Democracy and dilemmas at the UN General Assembly
Nordic diplomacy at the League of Nations
Unisex state actors and the representation of women
3. Parliament and UN delegations
The Scandinavian model: Denmark
An anachronism and parliamentarian stronghold: Norway
Routine, squeeze-out, routine: Sweden
Between Lilliputian and full-scale representation: Iceland
Metamorphosis or parliament lost: The Finnish Sonderweg
4. The participation of civil society
Scandinavian model revisited: Denmark
The return of the body-snatched: Norway
Corporatism and double universalism: Sweden
Short stories: Finland and Iceland
5. Conclusions: On the way to deliberative diplomacy
Archives
Bibliography
Author Index
About the Author(s)/Editor(s)
Norbert Gtz, Dr. phil. (2001) in Political Science, Humboldt University Berlin, Docent (2007) in Political History, University of Helsinki, habil. (2009) in Modern History and International Relations, University of Greifswald, is Professor at the Institute of Contemporary History, Sdertrn University, Sweden. His publications include the edited volume Regional Cooperation and International Organizations: The Nordic Model in Transnational Alignment (Routledge 2009).