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    Global governance institutions face a legitimacy problem ... — Carmelics
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    Global governance institutions face a legitimacy problem of their own

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    • 1.Global governance institutions exercise coercive power
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    • 2.The exercise of coercive power raises questions of political legitimacy
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    • 1.Global governance institutions like the WTO and IMF lack direct coercive enforcement capacity, relying instead on state consent and voluntary compliance.
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    • 2.Without independent coercive power, these institutions function as coordinating mechanisms among sovereigns, not autonomous political authorities requiring independent legitimation.
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    • 1.Allen Buchanan and Robert Keohane argue that international institutions can achieve 'complex standard' legitimacy through transparency, accountability, and minimal justice—without democratic authorization.
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    • 2.If procedural and epistemic criteria suffice for legitimacy in global governance, the legitimacy 'problem' is not categorically different from domestic bureaucratic legitimacy questions.
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    Political nationalism has had much influence on debates on global justice. Some have argued that because moral cosmopolitan commitments trump commitments to (national) legitimacy, a conception of global justice can be detached from concerns with legitimacy (Beitz 1979a,b, 1998; Pogge 2008). Others have argued—again assuming political nationalism—that legitimate authority at the level of the nation state is necessary to pursue moral cosmopolitan goals (Ypi 2008 provides an empirical argument). Ye
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