Palgrave advances in global governance
By: edited by Jim Whitman
Series: Palgrave advances
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Basingstoke
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9780230201651; 9780230201668
Other titles: Advances in global governance
Description: "Despite the proliferation of texts devoted to global governance, there is no one single text that guides both students and established professionals through the bewildering and often imprecise ways in which 'global governance' is now used. This text is designed to complement the existing literature by providing clearly themed studies of the most common understandings and applications of the term. Ranging across the actors, arenas, means and purposes of global governance, this authoritative and incisive collection is unique in bringing order and clarity to the full span of a literature that has burgeoned in recent years. The focus on established understandings of global governance as a distinct form of political activity and the clear thematic ordering of the material gives the book consistency and coherence. And because it consolidates such a rich and often confusing field of scholarship, it is set to become a standard text."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: global governance or global governances? / James N. Rosenau; title: Governance in the twenty-first century / James N. Rosenau; title: Actors, arenas, and issues in global governance / Klaus Dingwerth and Philipp Pattberg; title: Global governance as international organization / Thomas G. Weiss and Annelies Z. Kamran; title: Global governance as configurations of state/non-state activity / Tony Porter; title: Global governance as liberal hegemony / Jorg Friedrichs; title: Global governance as public policy networks and partnerships / Julia Steets; title: Global governance as sector-specific management / Jim Whitman; title: Global governance as a summative phenomenon / W. Andy Knight; title: Conclusion: the global governance prospect / Jim Whitman.