Who Governs the Globe?

by Edited by Deborah D. Avant , Martha Finnemore , Susan K. Sell

• ISBN13: 9780521122016
• ISBN10: 0521122015
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-07-05
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Academics and policy makers frequently discuss global governance but they treat governance as a structure or process, rarely considering who actually does the governing. This volume focuses on the agents of global governance: 'global governors'. The global policy arena is filled with a wide variety of actors such as international organizations, corporations, professional associations and advocacy groups, all seeking to 'govern' activity surrounding their issues of concern. Who Governs the Globe? lays out a theoretical framework for understanding and investigating governors in world politics. It then applies this framework to various governors and policy arenas, including arms control, human rights, economic development, and global education. Edited by three of the world's leading international relations scholars, this is an important contribution that will be useful for courses, as well as for researchers in international studies and international organisations.

Author Biography

Deborah D. Avant is Professor of Political Science and Director of International Studies at the University of California, Irvine. Martha Finnemore is Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at the George Washington University. Susan K. Sell is Professor of Political Science and International Affairs and Director of the Institute for Global and International Studies at the George Washington University.

Table of Contents

List of figures	p. ix
List of tables	p. x
List of contributors	p. xi
Preface	p. xiii
Who governs the globe?	p. 1
Authority dynamics and new governors
Who is running the international criminal justice system?	p. 35
The International Organization for Standardization as a global governor: a club theory perspective	p. 72
Corporations in zones of conflict: issues, actors, and institutions	p. 102
International organization control under conditions of dual delegation: a transgovernmental politics approach	p. 131
Constructing authority in the European Union	p. 153
Authority dynamics and governance outcomes
Packing heat: pro-gun groups and the governance of small arms	p. 183
Governing the global agenda: "gatekeepers" and "issue adoption" in transnational advocacy networks	p. 202
Outsourcing authority: how project contracts transform global governance networks	p. 238
When "doing good" does not: the IMF and the Millennium Development Goals	p. 266
The power of norms; the norms of power: who governs international electrical and electronic technology?	p. 292
"Education for all" and the global governors	p. 333
Conclusion: authority, legitimacy, and accountability in global politics	p. 356
References	p. 371
Index	p. 416
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