The effectiveness-legitimacy nexus in the G20’s Development Working Group: A view from Mexico
Year: 2019
Type: article
Abstract: This article analyses the G20’s effectiveness-legitimacy nexus while undergoing a shift from club to network governance. Despite pitfalls, it is argued that the strategic widening of the G20 agenda, coupled with its more inclusive approach to a variety of topics within the work streams, carries potential for increasing its effectiveness and legitimacy. Analysing the working arrangements of the Development Working Group and Mexico’s participation (through AMEXCID) and other forms of engagement for G20 members – for example, the Voluntary Peer Learning Mechanism on the Implementation of the 2030 Agenda – the key claim of the article is that, beyond summitry, the G20’s effectiveness could better be assessed by the outcomes of its work streams and working groups, coupled with individual country efforts, which should thus receive more public attention as a means to counter criticism regarding weak legitimacy.
Institution: Instituto Mora
Language: English
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W2992415602