Faith-Based Accountability Mechanism Typology: The 2011 Interfaith Summit As Soft Power in Global Governance

SAGE Open

Sherrie Steiner¹ 

关键词: accountability;    legitimacy;    religious;    soft power;    global governance;   

DOI  :  10.1177/2158244012450705

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

The conditions associated with the stability of democratic global governance have been a leading concern of political sociology. Globalization, a situation of “governance without government,” has accountability gaps that International Nongovernmental Organizations—religious and secular—bridge with activism. They strengthen democratic norms by exercising soft power as accountability mechanisms in international relations. Religious and secular accountability mechanisms differ in structure and function. This article presents a Faith-Based Accountability Mechanism typology that outlines a set of attributes for an exercise of religious soft power that might strengthen the democratic process in global governance. A coalition service model that preserves the public trust in appropriate contexts is developed in contrast to monopolistic religious surveillance models. The typology is illustrated with case study data from the 2011 Interfaith Summit in Bordeaux, France.

【 授权许可】

CC BY