Making sense of citizen desire for IO democracy: an analysis of public opinion across 44 countries

被引:3
作者
Lee, Hyo Won [1 ]
Lim, Sijeong [2 ]
机构
[1] Incheon Natl Univ, Dept Polit Sci & Int Studies, Incheon, South Korea
[2] Korea Univ, Div Int Studies, Seoul 02841, South Korea
关键词
International organizations (IOs); public attitudes; democracy; citizen representation; state representation; SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM; GLOBAL GOVERNANCE; POLITICS; IMF; HEURISTICS; DEFICIT; STATES;
D O I
10.1177/13540661221091361
中图分类号
D81 [国际关系];
学科分类号
030207 ;
摘要
Why do some citizens across the globe prioritize the democracy of international organizations (IOs), while others place more emphasis on their effectiveness? We suggest that this difference in attitude may reflect two distinct perspectives on the subjects of IO democracy: (1) a citizen-centered perspective focusing on substantive citizen representation and IO accountability to citizens and (2) a state-centered perspective centering on fair state representation and IO accountability to member states. We examine these two perspectives among citizens worldwide and determine how these perspectives shape preferences for IO democracy and effectiveness. Our empirical analysis uses the latest wave of the World Values Survey, which covers more than 50,000 individuals across 44 countries for the period 2017-2020. We find that citizens' democratic activism and the perceived democratic deficit in domestic governance, which we believe to be associated with a citizen-centered perspective in international governance, do not lead to the prioritization of IO democracy. Instead, the underrepresentation of their country in major IOs and confidence in the national government have a significant and positive association with the prioritization of IO democracy. These results suggest that the prioritization of IO democracy expressed by the public primarily reflects a state-centered perspective of international governance rather than a citizen-centered one.
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页码:471 / 494
页数:24
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