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Rieth, Lothar. "Old Concepts, New Actors: Public Goods, TNCs' Power and NGOs' Legitimacy - The Provision of the Public Good "Peace and Security" in Weak Zones of Governance" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Hilton Hawaiian Village, Honolulu, Hawaii, Mar 05, 2005 <Not Available>. 2009-05-26 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p70797_index.html>

Rieth, L. , 2005-03-05 "Old Concepts, New Actors: Public Goods, TNCs' Power and NGOs' Legitimacy - The Provision of the Public Good "Peace and Security" in Weak Zones of Governance" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Hilton Hawaiian Village, Honolulu, Hawaii Online <.PDF>. 2009-05-26 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p70797_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Review Method: Peer Reviewed Abstract: The Provision of public goods has been the central domain of states since the beginning of the modern state system. In the past century with an emphasis in the last decades various processes of globalization have led to a devolution of public authority to non-state actors. First, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) (here defined as non-profit civil society organisations) have become principal advocats and in some cases providers of public goods, because the state as a single actor and the international society as a collective does no longer fulfill this task (see Greenpeace and environmental protection, amnesty international and human rights protection, Oxfam and humanitarian aid). Having only limited material ressources at their disposal, but having immense moral legitimacy they contribute to the provision of national and global public goods. Second, transnational corporations (TNCs) have realized, that if states do not provide acceptable basic parameters, business opportunities are in jeopardy (see Shell in Nigeria, BP in Columbia, DaimlerChrysler in South Africa). Even the huge economic power of TNCs is not enough (reicht nicht aus) if an adequate infrastructure has not been set up and stable political conditions are not in place. In addition, by not always properly applying human rights and environmental standards TNCs' activities lack aspects of legitimacy and become at the same time targets of NGOs campaigns. The power and the legitimacy to provide public goods is somehow interwoven with three actors: the state, NGOs and TNCs. This paper seeks to explore the meaning and application of the concepts: public goods, power and legitimacy from the perspective of NGOs and TNCs. If the existence of private authority is reality, how do non-state actors make use of these concepts. What role do they assign to the state in this context? How do they deal with the assets that they do not possess (NGO - resources, TNC - legitimacy). And finally are the views of NGOs and TNCs compatible? Moreover from a theoretical standpoint, is there enough common ground for a new form of public-private authority? The theoretical argument will be confronted with empirical results of two surveys conducted with German based NGOs and German based TNCs in 2003 and 2004.

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