Menschen- und Arbeitsrechte in globalen Produktionsnetzwerken: Transnationale Advocacy für Finanzberichterstattung auf Länder- und Projektbasis am Beispiel der EU
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Walkenfort, SarahKeywords
WirtschaftPolitikwissenschaft
Economics
Political science
National Economy
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
European Politics
Europapolitik
Volkswirtschaftstheorie
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
multinationales Unternehmen
Finanzwirtschaft
Umsatz
Besteuerung
Gewinn
Berichterstattung
Transparenz
Wirtschaftspolitik
EU-Politik
Gesetzgebung
Entwicklungspolitik
Zivilgesellschaft
Netzwerk
nichtstaatliche Organisation
Partizipation
multinational corporations
finance
turnover
taxation
profit
reporting
transparency
economic policy
EU policy
legislation
development policy
civil society
network
non-governmental organization
participation
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Was kennzeichnet erfolgreiche transnationale Advocacy in der EU? Unter welchen Bedingungen können
 international vernetzte zivilgesellschaftliche Gruppen die europäische Gesetzgebung beeinflussen? Diesen
 Fragen wird in der vorliegenden Arbeit mit Blick auf die finanziellen Transparenzpflichten internationaler
 Konzerne nachgegangen. Es wird argumentiert, dass es dem untersuchten Netzwerk gelungen ist, Fragen
 der internationalen Finanzberichterstattung als Fragen der globalen Steuergerechtigkeit und der Korruptionsbekämpfung
 zu politisieren mit dem Ergebnis, dass zunächst in den USA und anschließend in der EU
 legislative Initiativen ergriffen worden sind, um in einigen Sektoren länder- und projektbasierte finanzielle
 Berichterstattung zu etablieren. Der Fall verdeutlicht somit, welche Mehrebenen-Strategien zivilgesellschaftliche Netzwerke im europäischen und internationalen Kontext verfolgen und lässt Rückschlüsse
 darauf zu, unter welchen Bedingungen sie die internationale Diffusion von Normen und bestimmter Gesetzgebung beschleunigen können.What characterizes successful transnational advocacy work in the EU context? Under what conditions may international civil society networks influence European legislative processes? To answer these questions this article tells the story of an advocacy network in the field of corporate financial reporting. It is argued that the network's members succeeded in putting the issue on the U.S. and EU political agendas as
 a matter of international tax justice and of fighting corruption, and that this has resulted in respective legislative measures establishing country-by-country financial reporting in a couple of sectors. Hence, the case illustrates what kinds of multi-level strategies are being used by civil society networks in the European and international arenas, thereby allowing for conclusions in terms of the international diffusion of norms and policies and regarding the question under what conditions civil society networks may be able to catalyse these processes.
Date
2013-12-04Type
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oai:gesis.izsoz.de:document/365921869-8468
http://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/36592
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2013072310083
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