The 'Double Democratic Deficit': Parliamentary Accountability and the Use of Force Under International Auspices

Hänggi, Heiner

ISBN 10: 0815397658 / ISBN 13: 9780815397656

Published by Routledge, 2017

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The 'Double Democratic Deficit': Parliamentary Accountability and the Use of Force Under International Auspices
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0815397658
• ISBN 13: 9780815397656
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Many current threats to security arising from terrorism, 'rogue' states and civil wars are highly complex and often transnational in nature and effect. Such threats can no longer be meaningfully addressed at the national level alone but require an international response. Since the end of the Cold War, the use of force under international auspices (UN, NATO, EU) has increased substantially. However, such actions have not necessarily been accompanied by improvements in their democratic accountability. Pre-existing problems and inadequacies of parliamentary oversight of armed forces and use of force at the national level of many democratic states are mirrored, and even magnified, at the international level. The effect of imperfect democratic controls at the national level and the challenges to provide transparent and accountable multilateral responses results in the so-calleddouble democratic deficit of the international use of force. Each chapter in this innovative work analyses the challenges of parliamentary and democratic supervision of international security structures and puts forward proposals on how to improve democratic accountability of multinational responses to complex security challenges.