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Socializing Development: Transnational Social Movement Advocacy and the Human Rights Accountability of Multilateral Development Banks
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Abstract As Multilateral Development Banks increasingly gained influence in shaping global development, transnational social movements pushed to hold them accountable for their human rights impact towards communities. The author presents a novel causal mechanism of movement advocacy towards MDBs, combining d... view more
As Multilateral Development Banks increasingly gained influence in shaping global development, transnational social movements pushed to hold them accountable for their human rights impact towards communities. The author presents a novel causal mechanism of movement advocacy towards MDBs, combining disruptive and conventional tactics. Systematically comparing the evolution of human rights standards and complaint mechanisms over the last three decades, he reveals how the combination of 1) declining US hegemony, 2) counter-mobilization by China and 3) movement cooptation by the World Bank bureaucracy led to a dilution of human rights accountability in the 2010s.... view less
Keywords
development policy; development aid; human rights; international relations; World Bank; multilateralism; international organization; governance; legitimacy; social movement; transnationality
Classification
International Relations, International Politics, Foreign Affairs, Development Policy
Free Keywords
Development; Economy; Finance; Neoliberalism; Process Tracing; Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs)
Document language
English
Publication Year
2020
Publisher
transcript Verlag
City
Bielefeld
Page/Pages
272 p.
Series
Soziale Bewegung und Protest, 2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839451830
ISBN
978-3-8394-5183-0
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed