List of Tables Foreword Notes of Contributors List of Abbreviations PART I: PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS AND DEMOCRACY Introduction: Partnerships, Democracy and Governance; M.Bexell & U.Mörth Partnerships, Boundary Blurring and Accountable Actorhood; K.Svedberg Helgesson Public-Private Partnerships and the Democratic Deficit: Is Performance-Based Legitimacy the Answer?; J.Pierre & G.Peters Partnership Accountability Need not be Democratic Accountability; J.Steets & L.Blattner PART II: PARTNERSHIPS AND DEMOCRATIC VALUES IN GLOBAL GOVERNANCE Public Markets and Private Democracy? The Renegotiation of Public and Private in Global Politics; K.Dingwerth & T.Hanrieder From Business Unusual to Business as Usual: The Future Legitimacy of PPPs with Multilateral Organizations; B.Bull & D.McNeill Transnational Standard-Setting Partnerships in the Field of Social Rights: The Interplay of Legitimacy, Institutional Design and Process Management; M.Beisheim & C.Kaan From Rhetoric to Practice: The Legitimacy of Global Public-Private Partnerships for Sustainable Development; K.Bäckstrand Coordinating Actors in the Fight against HIV/AIDS: From 'Lead Agency' to Public-Private Partnerships; C.Jönsson UNDP, Business Partnerships and the (UN)democratic Governance of Development; C.Gregoratti PART III: CONCLUSIONS Conclusions and Directions; M.Bexell & U.Mörth Index