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624 Book Reviews ernance, Part 2 gives a history of EITI, Part 3 attempts to describe how to be a governance entrepreneur, and Part 4 provides recommendations for the future of collective governance. The book is at its strongest when providing information on how EITI came into existence, how its mandate has changed over time, and how it has attempted to move forward despite the varied interests and preferences of civil society, companies, and governments that take part in the exercise. Academic readers will be frustrated by the book, as its broadly positive story about EITI lacks evidential or argumentative support and there is lit- tle to no consideration of common objections to either multistakeholder ini- tiatives or to transparency. The book is full of platitudes noting the bene- fits of transparency and making recommendations for how companies or governments ought to act, but there is insufficient consideration of the international political economy in which these voluntary initiatives are meant to change conduct. There is a reason why the extractive industries lack transparency—rent-seeking elites use it to maintain power and wealth while marginalizing other groups and deterring democratic governance. Those elites will exercise greater control over what happens in
Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations – Brill
Published: Aug 19, 2015
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