Leadership in Global Institution Building [electronic resource] : Minerva's Rule /
Tiberghien, Yves.author.
Tiberghien, Yves.
Between 1995 and the present day, the world has undergone significant advances in international law, norms, and institutions. Progress was particularly intense in the fields of global environment, human security, cultural diversity, and human rights. This book reveals the key role played by the European Union, Japan, and Canada in this process.
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Half-Title; Cover; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; 1 Introduction: Minervian Actors and the Paradox of Post-1995 Global Institution Building; Part I Minervian Settings; 2 Varieties of Minervians: Scorecards and Patterns; 3 The European Union as a Minervian Actor in Global Institution Building; 4 Canada's Minervian Moment: Global Activism and Domestic Politics; Part II The Competitive Mode; 5 UNESCO versus the World Trade Organization: Will Cultural Diversity Trump Free trade?
6 A Double-Entry Minervian Case: The Battle over International Accounting StandardsPart III The Normative Mode; 7 The Ottawa Process: Domestic Interests, Transnational Civil Society, and State Identity; 8 The Resilience of CITES Regime and Diffused Normative Community; 9 Minerva's Allies: States, Secretariats, and Individuals in the Emergence of the Responsibility to Protect Norm; 10 The Battle of the Peacebuilding Norm after the Iraq War; Part IV The Political Leadership Mode; 11 Minervian Politics and International Chemicals Policy
12 Enough Rope: The Role of Minervian Actors in Establishing the International Criminal Court13 The Last Call for the Minerva's Owl: The Politics of the 11th Hour in Negotiating the Nagoya Protocol at the CBD COP 10 Meet; Part V Conclusion; 14 The End of the Minervian Moment; 15 Successes and Limits of the Minervian Moment; Works Cited; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Between 1995 and the present day, the world has undergone significant advances in international law, norms, and institutions. Progress was particularly intense in the fields of global environment, human security, cultural diversity, and human rights. This book reveals the key role played by the European Union, Japan, and Canada in this process.
International relations.
European Union.
World politics.
Political science.
Public policy.
International Relations.
European Union Politics.
Political History.
Political Science.
Public Policy.