Global markets and global civil society: Influence & Legitimacy'

Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Globalization, Political Economics, grade: 1,5, Free University of Berlin (Center for Global Politics), course: International Political Economy, language: English, abstract: Transnational civil society organizations can have a massive influence on economic decisions and regulatory measures concerning market governance. They raise and manage important funds and have organizational structures that can be compared to transnational companies. Comparable to transnational companies, decisions of international non-governmental organizations are not based on democratic elections.