Governing Globalization Power, Authority and Global Governance

by McGrew, Anthony; Held, David

• ISBN13: 9780745627335
• ISBN10: 0745627331
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-12-20
• Publisher: Polity

Summary

Since the UN's creation in 1945 a vast nexus of global and regional institutions has evolved, surrounded by a proliferation of non-governmental agencies and advocacy networks seeking to influence the agenda and direction of international public policy. Although world government remains a fanciful idea, there does exist an evolving global governance complex - embracing states, international institutions, transnational networks and agencies (both public and private) - which functions, with variable effect, to promote, regulate or intervene in the common affairs of humanity. This book provides an accessible introduction to the current debate about the changing form and political significance of global governance. It brings together original contributions from many of the best-known theorists and analysts of global politics to explore the relevance of the concept of global governance to understanding how global activity is currently regulated. Furthermore, it combines an elucidation of substantive theories with a systematic analysis of the politics and limits of governance in key issue areas - from humanitarian intervention to the regulation of global finance. Thus, the volume provides a comprehensive theoretical and empirical assessment of the shift from national government to multilayered global governance. Governing Globalization is the third book in the internationally acclaimed series on global transformations. The other two volumes are Global Transformations: Politics, Economics and Culture and The Global Transformations Reader: An Introduction to the Globalization Debate.

Author Biography

David Held is Graham Wallas Professor of Political Science at the London School of Economics and Political Science; Anthony McGrew is Professor of International Relations at Southampton University.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables	vii
List of Contributors	viii
Preface	xi
Acronyms and Abbreviations	xii
Introduction	1	(24)
David Held
Anthony McGrew
Part I The Global Governance Complex
Global Governance and the Role of Institutions	25	(21)
Ngaire Woods
Mapping Global Governance	46	(24)
Mathias Koenig-Archibugi
Governance in a New Global Order	70	(17)
James N. Rosenau
Global Governance: a Feminist Perspective	87	(24)
Jill Steans
Part II Governing Global Problems
Global Pandemics: HIV/AIDS	111	(16)
Nana K. Poku
Global Governance, Transnational Organized Crime and Money Laundering	127	(18)
Phil Williams
Gregory Baudin-O'Hayon
Global Digital Communications and the Prospects for Transnational Regulation	145	(26)
Perri G
Intellectual Property Rights	171	(18)
Susan K. Sell
Governing Global Finance	189	(20)
Jan Aart Scholte
Maintaining Peace and Security	209	(28)
Michael Pugh
Part III Theories of Global Governance
A Realist Perspective on International Governance	237	(12)
Robert Gilpin
Marxism and Global Governance	249	(18)
Alex Callinicos
Liberal Internationalism: Between Realism and Cosmopolitanism	267	(23)
Anthony McGrew
Functionalism	290	(15)
Mark F. Imber
Cosmopolitanism: Ideas, Realities and Deficits	305	(20)
David Held
Governance in a Partially Globalized World	325	(23)
Robert O. Keohane
Index	348