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Klaus Dingwerth
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Prof. Dr.
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Dingwerth
First name
Klaus
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klaus.dingwerth@unisg.ch
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+41 71 224 2314
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PublicationThe unmaking of special rights: differential treatment of developing countries in times of global power shifts(Edward Elgar, 2024-02-09)
;Clara Weinhardt ;Till SchöferIn 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. -
PublicationInternational Organizations under Pressure(Oxford University Press, 2019)
;Antonia Witt ;Ina LehmannTobias WeiseThe book reconstructs how the normative yardsticks that underpin evaluations of international organizations have changed since 1970. Based on in-depth case studies of normative change in five international organizations over a period of five decades, the authors argue that, these days, international organizations confront a longer and more heterogeneous list of normative expectations than in previous periods. Two changes are particularly noteworthy. First, international organizations need to demonstrate not only what they do for their member states, but also for the individuals in member states. Second, while international organizations continue to be evaluated in terms of what they achieve, they are increasingly also measured by how they operate. As the case studies reveal, the more pluralist patchwork of legitimacy principles today’s international organizations confront has multiple origins. It includes the politicization of expanding international authority, but also a range of other driving forces such as individual leadership or normative path dependence. Despite variation in the sources, however, the consequences of the normative shift are similar. Notably, a longer and more heterogenous list of normative expectations renders the legitimation of international organizations more complex. Strikingly, then, at a time when many feel international cooperation is needed more than ever, legitimating the forms in which such cooperation takes place has become most difficult. International organizations have come under pressure. -
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PublicationDie organisierte Welt : Internationale Beziehungen und Organisationsforschung(Nomos, 2009)
;Dieter Kerwer ;Andreas Nölke ;Dieter KerwerAndreas NölkeIn der öffentlichen und der wissenschaftlichen Diskussion werden internationale Organisationen häufig verkürzt dargestellt. Der Band zeigt, dass sie sich weder auf ihre Mitgliedsstaaten noch auf ihre Verwaltungsstäbe reduzieren lassen. Nur ein komplexes Verständnis internationaler Organisationen, das Erkenntnisse aus der Organisationsforschung und aus den Internationalen Beziehungen integriert, kann uns helfen, die Möglichkeiten und Grenzen internationaler Organisationen im globalen Regieren richtig zu verstehen.Type: book -
PublicationThe New Transnationalism : Transnational Governance and Democratic LegitimacyTransnational rule-making is becoming increasingly common, with decisions being made at the global level, beyond the state. This book explores what the privatization of global rule-making means for democracy. Based on contemporary theoretical approaches to democratic global governance, it reconstructs three prominent rule-making processes in the field of global sustainability politics: the World Commission on Dams, the Global Reporting Initiative and the Forest Stewardship Council. Klaus Dingwerth argues that, if designed properly, private transnational rule-making can be as democratic as intergovernmental rule-making.Type: book