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Representation as power and performative practice: Global civil society advocacy for working children
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Abstract This article analyses global civil society advocacy in the field of child labour through the lens of theories on political representation in global governance. The article is sympathetic to newer theories on political representation which, fundamentally, understand representation as a dialectic of p... mehr
This article analyses global civil society advocacy in the field of child labour through the lens of theories on political representation in global governance. The article is sympathetic to newer theories on political representation which, fundamentally, understand representation as a dialectic of performative practices between representatives and their real or imagined constituencies. However, the article argues that the contemporary literature on political representation turns a blind eye on two aspects that are central to understanding this dialectic of representation in the child labour case: first, representation as power and second, the contested nature of citizenship. The article thus proposes an approach to political representation that allows highlighting the power-dimension inherent to the interrelation between formal and performative aspects of representation, that is, between civil society actors' power to represent and their power over representation. Using such an approach, the article presents empirical insights on CSO representation in global policymaking on child labour - a field in which conflicts over legitimate representation, citizenship, and grassroots participation continue to be exceptionally fierce.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Kinderarbeit; Zivilgesellschaft; Global Governance; nichtstaatliche Organisation; politische Theorie; Macht; Repräsentation
Klassifikation
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2016
Seitenangabe
S. 205-226
Zeitschriftentitel
Review of International Studies, 42 (2016) 2
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10419/171968
ISSN
1469-9044
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Lizenz
Deposit Licence - Keine Weiterverbreitung, keine Bearbeitung
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