Combining case studies with normative theory, this book analyzes the democratic credentials of transnational actors participating in global governance, ranging from corporations and philanthropic foundations to NGOs and social movements. This leads to innovative interpretations of democratic legitimacy in a transnational context.

List of Tables Foreword Notes on Contributors PART I: SETTING THE SCENE Democratic Credentials of Transnational Actors: An Introduction; E.Erman & A.Uhlin Democratic Legitimacy of Transnational Actors: Mapping out the Conceptual Terrain; A.Uhlin PART II: DEMOCRATIC CREDENTIALS OF DIFFERENT TRANSNATIONAL ACTORS Democratic Legitimacy of Transnational Corporations in Global Governance; D.Fuchs, A.Kalfagianni & J.Sattelberger Democratic Legitimacy of Philanthropic Foundations: US Grant-Making in the Middle East; A.Vogel Good Morals or Good Business? NGO Advocacy and the World Bank's 10th IDA; C.Pallas Transnational Social Movements and Democratic Legitimacy; B.Beauzamy Diaspora Groups, Transnational Activism and Democratic Legitimacy; C.Kinnvall & B.Petersson PART III: DEMOCRATIC PROBLEMS AND POSSIBILITIES IN A TRANSNATIONAL CONTEXT Democratic Credentials or Bridging Mechanisms? Constituents, Representatives and the Dual Politics of Democratic Representation; E.Peruzzotti Why Adding Democratic Values Is Not Enough for Global Democracy; E.Erman Conclusion: Transnational Actors and Global Democracy; E.Erman & A.Uhlin Index

BRIGITTE BEAUZAMY is Marie Curie Fellow at the University of Warwick, UK DORIS FUCHS is Professor of International Relations and Development at the Westfalische Wilhelms-Universitat Munster, Germany AGNI KALFAGIANNI is Assistant Professor at the Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM), VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands CATARINA KINNVALL is Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science, Lund University, Sweden, and former Vice-President of the International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP) CHRISTOPHER L. PALLAS is Adjunct Professor in the Graduate Program in International Affairs at the New School for Social Research in New York, USA ENRIQUE PERUZZOTTI is Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science and International Studies at Torcuato Di Tella University in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and researcher of CONICET BO PETERSSON is Professor of Global Political Studies at Malmo University, Sweden JULIA SATTELBERGER is Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Public International Law in Heidelberg, Germany ANN VOGEL is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Singapore Management University