The Contestation of International Organizations (2): Shifting Power and Legitimacy Struggles

Abstract

International organizations face a myriad of challenges – their rules are disobeyed, their mandates are questioned, their budgets are cut, and their members withdraw. We conceive of contestation as the expression of disapproval that challenges an institution, a norm, or a practice, that might stem from various actors, including governments, social movements, civil society actors, and their own staff. This panel welcomes papers from different theoretical and methodological perspectives in order to better understand the forms and modalities of IO contestation as well as its scope and effects, for instance how IOs cope with and respond to these challenges.

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