Who Governs the Globe?: 114 (Cambridge Studies in International Relations)
Cambridge University Press
Edition: Illustrated, 6/3/2010
EAN 9780521122016, ISBN10: 0521122015
Paperback, 456 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.6 cm
Language: English
Academics and policymakers 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 organizations.
1. Who governs the globe? Deborah D. Avant, Martha Finnemore and Susan K. Sell
Part I. Authority Dynamics and New Governors
2. Who is running the international criminal justice system? Allison Danner and Erik Voeten
3. The International Organization for Standardization as a global governor
a club theory approach Aseem Prakash and Matthew Potoski
4. Corporations in zones of conflict
issues, actors, and institutions Virginia Haufler
5. International organization control under conditions of dual delegation
a transgovernmental politics approach Abraham L. Newman
6. Constructing authority in the European Union Kathleen R. McNamara
Part II. Authority Dynamics and Governance Outcomes
7. Packing heat
pro-gun groups and the governance of small arms Clifford Bob
8. Governing the global agenda
'gatekeepers' and 'issue adoption' in transnational advocacy networks R. Charli Carpenter
9. Outsourcing authority
how project contracts transform global governance networks Alexander Cooley
10. When 'doing good' does not
the IMF and the Millennium Development Goals Tamar Gutner
11. The power of norms
the norms of power
who governs international electric and electronic technology? Tim Büthe
12. 'Education for all' and the global governors Karen Mundy
13. Conclusion
authority, legitimacy, and accountability in global politics Deborah D. Avant, Martha Finnemore and Susan K. Sell.