A New World Order

by Slaughter, Anne-Marie

• ISBN13: 9781400825998
• ISBN10: 1400825997
• Copyright: 2008-09-02
• Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr

Summary

Global governance is here--but not where most people think. This book presents the far-reaching argument that not only should we have a new world order but that we already do. Anne-Marie Slaughter asks us to completely rethink how we view the political world. It's not a collection of nation states that communicate through presidents, prime ministers, foreign ministers, and the United Nations. Nor is it a clique of NGOs. It is governance through a complex global web of "government networks." Slaughter provides the most compelling and authoritative description to date of a world in which government officials--police investigators, financial regulators, even judges and legislators--exchange information and coordinate activity across national borders to tackle crime, terrorism, and the routine daily grind of international interactions. National and international judges and regulators can also work closely together to enforce international agreements more effectively than ever before. These networks, which can range from a group of constitutional judges exchanging opinions across borders to more established organizations such as the G8 or the International Association of Insurance Supervisors, make things happen--and they frequently make good things happen. But they are underappreciated and, worse, underused to address the challenges facing the world today. The modern political world, then, consists of states whose component parts are fast becoming as important as their central leadership. Slaughter not only describes these networks but also sets forth a blueprint for how they can better the world. Despite questions of democratic accountability, this new world order is not one in which some "world government" enforces global dictates. The governments we already have at home are our best hope for tackling the problems we face abroad, in a networked world order.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. xi
List of Abbreviations	p. xv
Introduction	p. 1
The Globalization Paradox: Needing More Government and Fearing It	p. 8
The Disaggregated State	p. 12
A New World Order	p. 15
A Just New World Order	p. 27
Conclusion: Pushing the Paradigm	p. 31
Regulators: The New Diplomats	p. 36
A New Phenomenon?	p. 41
Where Are They?	p. 45
What Do They Do?	p. 51
Conclusion	p. 61
Judges: Constructing a Global Legal System	p. 65
Constitutional Cross-Fertilization	p. 69
Toward a Global Community of Human Rights Law	p. 79
The Role of National Courts in the Construction of the European Community Legal System	p. 82
Judicial Cooperation and Conflict in Transnational Litigation	p. 85
Meeting Face to Face	p. 96
Conclusion	p. 100
Legislators: Lagging Behind	p. 104
Legislators Finding Their Voice on the World Stage	p. 107
Legislative Networks as Catalysts and Correctives for Regional Integration	p. 119
Helping Legislators "Do Their Work Better"	p. 125
Conclusion	p. 127
A Disaggregated World Order	p. 131
The Horizontal Dimension: Networks of Networks	p. 135
The Vertical Dimension	p. 144
Government Networks and Traditional International Organizations: Interconnected Worlds	p. 152
Conclusion	p. 162
An Effective World Order	p. 166
What Government Networks Do Now	p. 171
What Government Networks Could Do	p. 195
Conclusion	p. 213
A Just World Order	p. 216
Problems with Government Networks	p. 217
A Menu of Potential Solutions	p. 230
Global Norms Regulating Government Networks	p. 244
Conclusion	p. 257
Conclusion	p. 261
Government Networks and Global Public Policy	p. 262
National Support for Government Networks	p. 264
Disaggregated Sovereignty	p. 266
Notes	p. 273
Bibliography	p. 319
Index	p. 333
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