Democracy
Series
RIPE Series in Global Political Economy
ISBN
978-1-138-47983-8
Type
book section
Date Issued
2019-01
Author(s)
Editor(s)
Clara Weinhardt
Abstract
While the democracy frame had emerged earlier, it gained significant prominence in the Seattle protests. The chapter shows how, in the wake of the protests, the WTO consciously adopted it and successfully re-defined its core content to match the organisation’s practices. Even as the centrality of the democratic frame decreased in recent years, its addition after Seattle proved consequential. Among other things, basing its democratic credentials on the consensus norm inhibits a growing WTO with over 160 members from weakening the consensus principle in the face of a gridlocked Doha Round.
Language
English
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Book title
The Language Of World Trade Politics
Publisher
Routledge
Publisher place
Croydon UK
Volume
1
Start page
80
End page
96
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
255826