Democratic legitimacy of transnational corporations in global governance

Legitimacy Beyond the State?: Re-Examining the Democratic Credentials of Transnational Actors

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 41-63

  Fuchs, Doris ^a   Kalfagianni, Agni ^b   Sattelberger, Julia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Max Planck Institute of Public International Law   (Germany)

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EID: 84884280776     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230283251     Document Type: Chapter

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