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One crucial aspect of the rising disaffection with globalization is the lack of citizen participation in the global institutions that shape people's daily lives. This public frustration is deeper and broader than the recent street demonstrations in Seattle and Prague. Social commentators and leaders of citizens' and intergovernmental organiza tions are increasingly taking heed. Over the past 18 months, President Clinton has joined with the secretary-general of the United Nations, the director-general of the World Trade Organization (wto), the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (imf), and the president of the World Bank to call for greater citizen participation in the international order.
Falk et al. (Mon,) studied this question.