Democracy, Trust and Emotions in the History of Global Governance

In this episode, we explore an interesting facet in the life of international governance: emotions.

Professor Daniel Laqua, Professor Dan Gorman and Dr. Anne-Isabelle Richard join us to explain GLO (Global Governance Trust and Democratic Engagement in Past and Present), a transatlantic research project examining how civil society, activists and NGOs have campaigned to build, shape, reform or put an end to international organizations from the early 20th century to the early 2000s.

The project's findings reveal interesting aspects about how people relate to and through international insitutions, particularly, emotional experiences such as love, hate, trust, and a sense of belonging. Our guests explore these ideas using examples from the League of Nations, United Nations Associations, Jubilee 2000 and the Council of Europe. And, they also share what grassroots diplomacy suggests about the possibilities of change.

Resources:

• Ask a Librarian. (ask.unog.ch/library)

• Ask an Archivist.

• Global Governance Trust and Democratic Engagement in Past and Present (GLO Project website: research.northumbria.ac.uk/glo (eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=ht…)

Production:

This episode was recorded on the occasion of the conference ‘Love, Hate, and the Fate of International Organisations: The Psychological Life of Global Governance (1900–Present)’, held at the Geneva Graduate Institute.

Guests: Professor Daniel Laqua (Northumbria University, United Kingdom), Professor Dan Gorman (University of Waterloo, Canada) and Dr. Anne-Isabelle Richard (Leiden University, The Netherlands).

Host: Amy Smith

Recorded & produced at the United Nations Library & Archives Geneva.