Affectedness and Participation in International Institutions looks at the growing influence of affected persons in global politics, such as young climate activists, indigenous movements, and persons affected by HIV/AIDS.

1. Affectedness in international institutions: promises and pitfalls of involving the most affected Jan Sändig, Jochen Von Bernstorff & Andreas Hasenclever 2. Legitimating global governance: publicisation, affectedness, and the Committee on World Food Security Josh Brem-Wilson 3. Shifting the paradigm: a typology of affected persons' participation in international institutions Markus Hasl 4. Affectedness, empowerment and norm contestation - children and young people as social agents in international politics Anna Holzscheiter 5. Affectedness alliances: affected people at the centre of transnational advocacy Annette Schramm & Jan Sändig 6. The dark side of the affectedness-paradigm: lessons from the Indigenous peoples' movement at the United Nations Andreas Hasenclever & Henrike Narr 7. Tied affectedness? Grassroots resistance and the World Bank Giedre Jokubauskaite 8. Between threat and infantilisation: how frames impede the meaningful participation of the disaster affected in Haiti Tanja Granzow 9. BRICS civil society initiatives: towards the inclusion of affected communities in collective development? Lisa Thompson & Pamela Tsolekile De Wet 10. Voices unheard - affected communities and the climate negotiations on loss and damage Patrick Toussaint 11. Practicing human rights across scale: indigenous peoples' affectedness and recognition in REDD+ governance Linda Wallbott & Eugenia Recio 12. The limits of the all affected principle: attending to deep structures B. S. Chimni