Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: forging global accountabilities / Edward Weisband, Alnoor Ebrahim -- Multilateralism and building stronger international institutions / Ngaire Woods -- Global financial governance and the problem of accountability: the role of the public sphere / Randall D. Germain -- Citizen activism and public accountability: lessons from case studies in India / Anne Marie Goetz, Rob Jenkins -- Multiparty social action and mutual accountability / L. David Brown -- Not accountable to anyone? Collective action and the role of NGOs in the campaign to ban "blood diamonds" / Ian Smillie -- Bringing in society, culture, and politics: values and accountability in a Bangladeshi NGO / David Lewis -- A rights-based approach to accountability / Lisa Jordan -- Evaluation and accountability in emergency relief / Coralie Bryant -- Towards a reflective accountability in NGOs / Alnoor Ebrahim -- Financial actors and instruments in the construction of global corporate social responsibility / Michael R. MacLeod -- Public accountability within transnational supply chains: a global agenda for empowering southern workers? / Kate Macdonald - Tripartite multilateralism: why corporate social responsibility is not accountability / Edward Weisband -- Conclusion: Prolegomena to a postmodern public ethics: images of accountability in global frames / Edward Weisband.