Journal article | Zeitschriftenartikel
Legitimizing Private Actors in Global Governance: From Performance to Performativity
Global governance is frequently criticised because of major legitimacy deficits, including lack of public accountability and democratic control. Within this context, questions about the legitimacy of non-state governance actors, such as non-governmental organizations, transnational corporations and private security companies, are neither an exception nor a surprise. Many actors have, therefore, turned to the measurement of performance, defined as publicly beneficial outcomes, in order to gain legitimacy. However, the rise of performance assessments as legitimizing practice is not without problems. Taking global security and health interventions as examples, this article contends that the immaterial, socially constructed and inherently contested nature of such public goods presents major obstacles for the assessment of performance in terms of observable, measurable and attributable outcomes. Performance is therefore frequently replaced by performativity, i.e. a focus on the repetitive enactment of specific forms of behaviour and capabilities, which are simply equated with the intended results. The implications for how global public goods are conceptualized and, ultimately, implemented are profound.
- Language
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Englisch
- Extent
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Seite(n): 54-62
- ISSN
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2183-2463
- Notes
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Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
- Bibliographic citation
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Politics and Governance, 5(1)
Internationale Beziehungen
Friedens- und Konfliktforschung, Sicherheitspolitik
internationale Beziehungen, Entwicklungspolitik
Global Governance
Legitimität
Sicherheitssektor
privater Sektor
nichtstaatliche Organisation
Gesundheitsförderung
Afghanistan
Intervention
Wirkung
Messung
- DOI
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-55269-4
- Rights
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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
- Last update
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21.06.2024, 4:27 PM CEST
Object type
- Zeitschriftenartikel
Associated
- Krahmann, Elke
Time of origin
- 2017
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