Towards a Global Polity: Future Trends and Prospects

by Higgott,Richard

• ISBN13: 9780415277709
• ISBN10: 0415277701
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-07-30
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This collection examines the political aspects of globalization which may be creating the much-feared 'One World Government'. The contributors discuss the core issues in the debate about global governance: national sovereignty, law, public management, networks, economic governance, institutions, Europe and good governance.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations	ix
Notes on contributors	xi
Series editor's preface	xiii
Acknowledgements	xv
List of abbreviations	xvii
Introduction: beyond system and society - towards a global Polity?	1	(1)
Richard Higgott
Morten Ougaard
Beyond the internationalization of the state - the globalization of political life	1	(1)
Towards 'polityness'	2	(3)
The Cold War veil over international relations scholarship	5	(1)
Pre-empting our critics	6	(4)
Defining the global polity	10	(3)
Outline of the book	13	(6)
Note	19	(2)
PART I Theorising the global polity	21	(84)
Global polity research: characteristics and challenges	23	(17)
Morten Ougaard
Introduction	23	(1)
An emerging phenomenon	24	(2)
A singular phenomenon	26	(3)
Breaking with state-centred perspectives	29	(2)
Two examples: power and class	31	(5)
No neat labels	36	(4)
The global polity and changes in statehood	40	(18)
Georg Sørensen
Introduction	40	(1)
Globalization, global polity and statehood	40	(4)
Sovereignty and types of state	44	(7)
Statehood, sovereignty and the global polity	51	(4)
Conclusion	55	(1)
Notes	56	(2)
Law in the global polity	58	(20)
A. Claire Cutler
Introduction	58	(2)
Theorizing the nature and role of international law	60	(14)
Evaluating the effects of law in the global polity	74	(2)
Notes	76	(2)
Societal denationalization and positive governance	78	(27)
Michael Zurn
Introduction	78	(1)
Societal denationalization and global governance: concepts and theoretical expectations	79	(6)
The development of governance beyond the nation-state	85	(3)
International institutions in security and social welfare	88	(11)
Conclusion	99	(2)
Acknowledgements	101	(1)
Notes	101	(4)
PART II Non-state actors in the global polity	105	(62)
Discursive globalization: transnational discourse communities and New Public Management	107	(18)
Hans Krause Hansen
Dorte Salskov-Iversen
Sven Bislev
Introduction	107	(1)
Forms of global connectivity: transnational discourse communities as a conceptual tool	108	(6)
The World Bank	114	(3)
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development	117	(2)
The Bertelsmann Network	119	(3)
Conclusion	122	(2)
Notes	124	(1)
Knowledge networks and policy expertise in the global Polity	125	(20)
Diane Stone
Introduction	125	(1)
Global sources of knowledge and expertise	126	(5)
Global policy networks	131	(3)
Knowledge networks	134	(5)
The `authority' of knowledge and expertise in the global polity	139	(3)
Conclusion	142	(1)
Notes	143	(2)
Civil society and governance in the global polity	145	(22)
Jan Aart Scholte
Introduction	145	(1)
Defining `civil society'	145	(2)
The diversity of civil society	147	(2)
The rise of civil society	149	(3)
Impacts on global governance	152	(7)
Legitimacy	159	(5)
Conclusion	164	(1)
Notes	165	(2)
PART III Prospects and agendas for the global polity in the twenty first century	167	(60)
The historical processes of establishing institutions of global governance and the nature of global polity	169	(20)
Craig N. Murphy
Introduction	169	(1)
Pinocchio's problem	170	(4)
The double movement	174	(9)
Lessons for today's egalitarian social movements	183	(3)
Lessons for my students	186	(1)
Notes	187	(2)
Europe: regional laboratory for a global polity?	189	(18)
Knud Erik Jrgensen
Ben Rosamond
Introduction	189	(1)
The EU polity and its modes of governance	190	(8)
Global Projections of the EU I	198	(104)
The EU and politics in the global polity	202	(2)
Conclusion	204	(2)
Notes	206	(1)
From global governance to good governance: theories and prospects of democratizing the global polity	207	(20)
Anthony McGrew
Introduction	207	(1)
Global democracy for global times?	208	(2)
Is transnational democracy possible?	210	(3)
Can transnational democracy be dismissed?	213	(3)
Theorizing transnational democracy	216	(8)
Towards a democratic global polity?	224	(1)
Conclusion	225	(2)
Bibliography	227	(30)
Index	257