Socializing Development: Transnational Social Movement Advocacy and the Human Rights Accountability of Multilateral Development Banks

Leon Valentin Schettler

Open Access Published by transcript Verlag 2020

Socializing Development

Transnational Social Movement Advocacy and the Human Rights Accountability of Multilateral Development Banks

Leon Valentin Schettler
Funded by: transcript: Open Library 2020 (Politik)

Volume 2 in the series Soziale Bewegung und Protest

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839451830

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As Multilateral Development Banks have gained influence in shaping the global development in recent decades, transnational social movements pushed to hold them accountable for their human rights impact towards affected communities. Leon Valentin Schettler presents a novel causal mechanism of movement advocacy that combines disruptive (outside) with conventional (inside) tactics. Systematically comparing the institutionalization of the World Bank Inspection Panel in the early 1990s with its »safeguards« reform from 2012-2016, he reveals how the combination of 1) the declining US hegemony, 2) the counter-mobilization by China and 3) movement cooptation led to a dilution of human rights accountability in 2016.

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Leon Valentin Schettler works as an advisor on human rights safeguarding and complaint mechanisms for Bread for the World (development cooperation) and Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe (humanitarian aid). His main research interests lie with global norm contestations, human rights, and the democratic legitimacy of global governance institutions.

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Besprochen in:
www.centrum3.at, 9 (2020)

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Frontmatter Open Access Download PDF	1
Contents Open Access Download PDF	5
Acknowledgements Open Access Download PDF	9
Abstract Open Access Download PDF	11
List of Abbreviations Open Access Download PDF	15
Introduction Open Access Download PDF	17
1. Human Rights Accountability as a minimum threshold of MDB Legitimacy Open Access Download PDF	25
2. Transnational Social Movements as agents of change in World Politics Open Access Download PDF	49
3. Analytical Framework Open Access Download PDF	65
4. Research Design Open Access Download PDF	95
5. Human Rights Accountability at the World Ban Open Access Download PDF	117
6. Case 1: A Revolution of World Bank Accountability (1988 – 1994) Open Access Download PDF	123
7. Case 2: The Dilution of World Bank Open Access Download PDF	157
8. Analysis Open Access Download PDF	201
Conclusion Open Access Download PDF	223
References Open Access Download PDF	239
Appendix: List of Interviewees and Background Conversations Open Access Download PDF	271

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Language: English
Publisher: transcript Verlag
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 274
Keywords: Development; Social Movements; World Bank; Society; Neoliberalism; Economy; Politics; International Relations; Finance; Political Science; Process Tracing

eBook

Published: March 27, 2020
ISBN: 9783839451830