Ombudsman as a global institution : transnational governance and accountability

Ombudsman as a global institution : transnational governance and accountability / Tero Erkkilä.

This book explores the ombudsman as a global institution. It has spread all over the world and its institutional development is increasingly being governed transnationally. Initially an institution of administrative law, the ombudsman has become a human rights institution and institution of good gov...

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Main Author: Erkkilä, Tero (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2020]
Series:Public sector organizations.
Subjects:
Ombudspersons.
Government accountability.
Government accountability
Ombudspersons
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Part I: Global Institution
  • Chapter 1: Ombudsman as a Global Institution
  • Research Design
  • Theory and Methodology
  • Transnational Governance and Institutional Models
  • Discourse, Concepts and Institutional Change
  • Actors, Context and Politics of Public Accountability
  • Methodology and Outline
  • References
  • Chapter 2: Transnational Governance and Global Diffusion of the Ombudsman Institution
  • Introduction
  • Diffusion of Institutions and Global Spreading of Ombudsman
  • Global Spreading of the Ombudsman
  • Effectiveness
  • Media Profile and Strategic Communications
  • Differentiation, Ideational Shifts and Institutional Tensions
  • Specific Duties and Institutional Tensions
  • Global Models, Politicization and Institutional Change
  • International Collaboration
  • Reflexivity over History and Global Ombudsman Models
  • Conclusions
  • References
  • Part III: European Ombudsman
  • Chapter 5: European Ombudsman as a Supranational Institution of Accountability
  • Introduction
  • Institutional Evolution of the European Ombudsman
  • Ideational Shifts and Institutional Development of Ombudsman in Finland
  • From Early Years to Post-War and Capacity Building
  • Institutional (Re)positioning and Rise of Human Rights
  • Differentiation and Renegotiation of Mandate
  • Politics of Nomination
  • Conclusions
  • References
  • Chapter 4: The Finnish Parliamentary Ombudsman, the Chancellor of Justice and Institutional Change
  • Introduction
  • Overlapping Mandates and Functional Differentiation
  • The Mandates of the Two Legal Overseers
  • Case Profiles
  • Publicity and Effectiveness
  • Institutions of Public Accountability
  • Ombudsman and Transnational Governance
  • Cross-National Communication: Swedish Institution, Danish Model
  • United Nations, Ombudsman and Human Rights
  • World Bank, Ombudsman and Good Governance
  • Transparency and the Ombudsman
  • European Union, the Ombudsman and Human Rights
  • Summary: Global Models of Ombudsman
  • The Ombudsman and Democracy
  • Conclusions
  • References
  • Part II: Ombudsman in Finland
  • Chapter 3: Institutional History of the Ombudsman and Chancellor of Justice in Finland
  • Introduction
  • Two Legal Overseers
  • Transnational Policy Discourses and the Institutionalization of the European Ombudsman
  • Actors and Institutional Evolution of the European Ombudsman
  • Handling Complaints: European Ombudsman as a Supranational Institution of Accountability
  • Complaints to the European Ombudsman
  • Comparison with Other Institutions of Supranational Accountability
  • Conclusions
  • References
  • Chapter 6: The European Ombudsman and Institutional Change
  • Introduction
  • Redefining the Mandate: Own Inquiries, Politics and Public Conflicts

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