How Global Institutions Rule the World [electronic resource] /
Colomer, Josep M.author.
This book reviews bureau-type organizations delivering network goods, documenting how most global institutions greatly improved their effectiveness during the last few decades. In the current globalized world, the design and choice of appropriate institutional rules and procedures can result in effective and democratic global government.
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface: Does world government actually exist? Are the current global institutions efficient in making decisions? Can they be compatible with basic democratic principles?; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. World Government Is Here; Part I Who Rules; 2. Network Goods Are Served by Simple Bureaus; 3. Unanimity Rule Failed to Make the World More Secure; 4. A Great-Powers' Directorate Has Averted the Third World War; 5. Weights and Coalitions for Finance and Development; 6. Equal Vote Does Not Favor Global Trade
7. The World's Self-Appointed Steering CommitteePart II How They Rule; 8. Domestic Politics Does not Make Policy; 9. Global Representation Requires Rotation of Countries; 10. Effective Decisions Are Made by Means of Weighted Votes; 11. Expert Rulers Replace Politicians and Diplomats; 12. Policy Consensus Is Built with More Ideas Than Votes; 13. Nonelectoral Accountability Is Based on Performance and Values; Conclusion; 14. Can Global Democracy Exist?; Appendix 1: Size of Global Institutions; Appendix 2: Rules and Procedures of Global Institutions
Appendix 3: What a World Assembly Could Look LikeSources and Further Reading; References; Name Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book reviews bureau-type organizations delivering network goods, documenting how most global institutions greatly improved their effectiveness during the last few decades. In the current globalized world, the design and choice of appropriate institutional rules and procedures can result in effective and democratic global government.
International relations.
Political science.
Political theory.
Political philosophy.
Diplomacy.
Globalization.
International Relations.
Political Science.
Political Theory.
Political Philosophy.
Diplomacy.
Globalization.