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

• Superior document: Soziale Bewegung und Protest ; v.2
• Author: Schettler, Leon Valentin.
• Place / Publishing House: Bielefeld : : transcript,, 2020.; ©2020.
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Soziale Bewegung und Protest
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (274 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abstract -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Theoretical Starting Point and Research Question -- Analytical Framework -- Research Design, Case Selection and Main Findings -- Basic Assumptions and Normative Relevance -- My Contributions -- 1 Human Rights Accountability as a minimum threshold of MDB Legitimacy -- 1.1 Multilateral Development Banks - A Definition -- 1.2 The Growing Responsibilities of Multilateral Development Banks -- 1.3 Conceptions of Accountability -- 1.4 Human Rights as the relevant Standard of Accountability -- 1.4.1 Human Rights as the Protection of Basic Human Interests -- 1.4.2 Legal Arguments for the Human Rights Obligations of MDBs -- 1.4.3 MDB Obligations in light of larger Empirical Trends in Global Governance -- 2 Transnational Social Movements as agents of change in World Politics -- 2.1 Transnational Social Movements - A Definition -- 2.2 The Transnationalization of Social Movement Activity -- 2.3 Social Movement Tactics -- 2.4 Socialization and the Outcomes of Social Movements -- 3 Analytical Framework -- 3.1 MDB Socialization through Human Rights Accountability -- 3.2 Scope Conditions of Movement Influence -- 3.2.1 Properties of the actor seeking change -- 3.2.2 Properties of the targeted organization -- 3.2.3 Properties of the issue -- 3.2.4 Properties of the discursive opportunity structure -- 3.3 Counter Mobilization as continuous MDB - TSM interaction -- 3.4 Two Logics of Action and Organizational Change -- 3.5 A Causal Mechanism of Movement influence -- 3.5.1 The Power of Disruptive Tactics (Part I) -- 3.5.2 The Power of Conventional Tactics (Part II) -- 3.5.3 Member State Incentives, Sanctions and Coercion (Part III) -- 4 Research Design -- 4.1 Process-Tracing: Uncovering Causal Mechanisms -- 4.1.1 Underlying understandings of causality.

4.1.2 Theory Testing Process Tracing -- 4.1.3 Methodological Limitations -- 4.1.4 Process Tracing in Comparative Case Study Designs -- 4.2 Case Selection -- 4.3 Operationalization -- 4.3.1 Socialization Outcome: Human Rights Accountability -- 4.3.2 The Cause: Joint Transnational Social Movement Activism -- 4.3.3 Disruptive Movement Tactics towards the MDB (Part 1) -- 4.3.4 Conventional Tactics toward Member States (Part 2) -- 4.3.5 Member State Incentives Toward the MDB (Part 3) -- 4.3.6 Rules of Aggregation -- 4.4 Data Collection and Analysis -- 4.4.1 Data Collection -- 4.4.2 Data Analysis -- 5 Human Rights Accountability at the World Bank -- 5.1 The World Bank - A short introduction -- 5.2 Human Rights and Transparency in World Bank "Safeguards" -- 5.3 Sanctions in cases of non‐compliance: The World Bank Inspection Panel -- 5.4 Summary of Case Study Outcomes -- 6 Case 1: A Revolution of World Bank Accountability (1988 - 1994) -- 6.1 Cause: Joint Transnational Social Movement activity -- 6.2 Part 1: Disruptive TSM tactics causing MDB Crisis -- 63. Part 2: Conventional TSM tactics through the state channel -- 6.4 Part 3: Member states incentivize MDB reform -- 6.5 Socialization Outcome: Comprehensive Human Rights Accountability -- 7 Case 2: The Dilution of World Bank -- 7.1 Cause: Joint Transnational Social Movement activity -- 7.2 Part 1: Disruptive TSM tactics causing MDB crisis -- 7.3 Part 2: Conventional TSM tactics through the state channel -- 7.4 Interruption and breakdown of the Mechanism -- 7.5 Outcome: The Dilution of World Bank Safeguards -- 7.5.1 Obligation and Scope 1 -- 7.5.2 Precision -- 7.5.3 Delegation and Scope II -- 8 Analysis -- 8.1 Similar Movement Activities and Scope Conditions -- 8.2 Counter Mobilization by the World Bank Bureaucracy -- 8.3 Contested Multilateralism and the rise of China in Development Cooperation.

8.4 Wag the Dog - The Quiescence of Liberal Member States -- Conclusion -- Theoretical Implications -- Policy and Strategy Implications for Transnational Social Movements -- Liberal Democratic Mobilization and the End of U.S. Hegemony -- Engaging China -- Bolster Strong Regional Networks -- Engaging MDB Bureaucracies -- Limitations and Future Research -- References -- Appendix: List of Interviewees and Background Conversations.