COVID-19 and the legitimacy crisis of global governance1

Content Provider	Scilit
Author	Zürn, Michael
Copyright Year	2021
Description	COVID-19 has demonstrated that global governance is in crisis. Why do international institutions play such a marginal role in managing the current global pandemic? This contribution argues that a theory of global governance focusing on legitimation deficits can account for the failure. In this view, the lack of successful legitimation narratives increasingly troubles the global governance system as a whole as well as global health governance. More specifically, the exercise of authority with a perceived lack of impartiality and a technocratic bias causes legitimacy deficits. This mechanism also applies to the World Health Organization (WHO) and other global governance institutions that could have played a more active role in combating COVID-19. Yet the outcome of the crisis may be the basis for better times for global governance. Book Name: The Crises of Legitimacy in Global Governance
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Ending Page	52
Page Count	16
Starting Page	37
DOI	10.4324/9781003128595-2
Language	English
Publisher	Informa UK Limited
Publisher Date	2021-08-26
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Book Name: The Crises of Legitimacy in Global Governance Crisis Institutions Play Legitimacy Legitimation Global Governance Deficits
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Chapter