TY - BOOK ID - 64866017 TI - Ombudsman as a Global Institution : Transnational Governance and Accountability PY - 2020 SN - 3030326756 3030326748 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, DB - UniCat KW - Ombudspersons. KW - International relations. KW - Coexistence KW - Foreign affairs KW - Foreign policy KW - Foreign relations KW - Global governance KW - Interdependence of nations KW - International affairs KW - Peaceful coexistence KW - World order KW - National security KW - Sovereignty KW - World politics KW - Citizens' defenders (Ombudspersons) KW - Ombudsman KW - Ombudspeople KW - Ombudspersons KW - Mediators (Persons) KW - Public officers KW - Legal status, laws, etc. KW - Public policy. KW - Political science. KW - Europe—Politics and government. KW - International organization. KW - Political theory. KW - Social justice. KW - Human rights. KW - Public Policy. KW - Governance and Government. KW - European Politics. KW - International Organization. KW - Political Theory. KW - Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights. KW - Basic rights KW - Civil rights (International law) KW - Human rights KW - Rights, Human KW - Rights of man KW - Human security KW - Transitional justice KW - Truth commissions KW - Equality KW - Justice KW - Administration KW - Civil government KW - Commonwealth, The KW - Government KW - Political theory KW - Political thought KW - Politics KW - Science, Political KW - Social sciences KW - State, The KW - Federation, International KW - International administration KW - International federation KW - Organization, International KW - World federation KW - World government KW - World organization KW - Congresses and conventions KW - International relations KW - Peace KW - Political science KW - International agencies KW - International cooperation KW - Security, International KW - Law and legislation UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:64866017 AB - 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 governance. These ideational shifts have influenced the global diffusion of the ombudsman but also the way in which this institution of accountability functions. The ombudsman is a peculiar institution of public accountability - both an institution and individual - that observes changes in the general political climate and engages in renegotiations of its intra-institutional position. The global models associated with the ombudsman are a source of organizational ideas, legitimacy, and sense of orientation, but they treat institutional actors differently, working also as mechanisms of inclusion and exclusion. The book tracks the global diffusion and institutional evolution of the ombudsman. Its chapters on institutional cases further explore the joint institutional history of the Parliamentary Ombudsman and the Chancellor of Justice in Finland, and the European Ombudsman. Tero Erkkilä is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Helsinki, Finland. His previous books include Government Transparency, Global University Rankings, Public Administration (with B. Guy Peters and Patrick von Maravic) and Global Knowledge Governance (with Ossi Piironen). ER -