Inter-Parliamentary Union

by Claudia Kissling Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

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Table of contents

1. Introduction

2. The historical development of the IPU and its role in shaping international politics and institutions

2.1. The Purpose of Founding an Inter-Parliamentary Organization in the 19th Century
2.2. Hoping for parliamentary surmounting of the international democratic deficit between the wars
2.3. After World War II: recognizing hard facts and struggling for renewed international relevance
2.4. Developments since 1990

3. Design and structure. The Union's internal democracy from 1889 to the present

3.1. Appointment, democracy at the national level, and input legitimacy
3.2. Participation, control, and inter-state democracy
3.3. Supranationalism, power limitation, human rights, and output legitimacy

4. Conclusions