Complex Sovereignty
Reconstituting Political Authority in the Twenty-First Century
Published on 10. September 2005
Book
Hardback
360 pages
978-0-8020-3881-4 (ISBN)
Description
The way humanity governs itself is today changing very rapidly. Profound transformations in structures of political authority are underway in Europe, North America, and beyond. Nation-states remain central, but they cannot address the most pressing problems facing their own citizens without moving away from traditional understandings of sovereignty itself. Complex Sovereignty contends that just such a movement is underway. Editors Edgar Grande and Louis W. Pauly and the contributors to this volume elucidate the meaning of 'complex sovereignty' through a set of conceptual and empirical studies including governance in the European Union and North America, the emergence of private-public partnerships, the adaptation of established international organizations, and the search for innovative mechanisms to manage risk. They reveal a fascinating and vitally important struggle to give coherence to a complicated governing system of multiple and overlapping hierarchies. This is an original, collaborative study crossing the disciplines of political science, international relations, sociology, and political economy.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
With dust jacket
Illustrations
2 figures, 8 tables
Dimensions
Height: 237 mm
Width: 159 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
680 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8020-3881-4 (9780802038814)
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Edgar Grande | Louis W. Pauly
Complex Sovereignty
Reconstituting Political Authority in the Twenty-First Century
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12/2005
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University of Toronto Press
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Persons
Edgar Grande is a professor of political science at the University of Munich. Louis W. Pauly is a professor and Canada Research Chair in the Department of Political Science and director of the Centre for International Studies at the University of Toronto.
Content
1 Reconstituting Political Authority: Sovereignty, Effectiveness, and Legitimacy in a Transnational Order Louis W. Pauly and Edgar Grande 2 World Risk Society and the Changing Foundations of Transnational Politics Ulrich Beck 3 Restructuring World Society: The Contribution of Modern Systems Theory Mathias Albert 4 Governance: A Garbage Can Perspective B. Guy Peters 5 Globality and Transnational Policymaking in Agriculture: Complexity, Contradiction, and Conflict William D. Coleman 6 Financial Crises, the United Nations, and Transnational Authority Louis W. Pauly 7 Reconstituting Political Authority in Europe: Transnational Regulatory Networks and the Informalization of Governance in the European Union Burkard Eberlein and Edgar Grande 8 The Primitive Realities of North America's Transnational Governance Stephen Clarkson with Sarah Davidson Ladly, Megan Merwart, and Carlton Thorne 9 Public-Private Partnerships: Effective and Legitimate Tools of Transnational Governance? Tanja A. Borzel and Thomas Risse 10 The Private Production of Public Goods: Private and Public Norms in Global Governance Tony Porter 11 Contested Political Authority, Risk Society, and the Transatlantic Divide in the Regulation of Genetic Engineering Grace Skogstad 12 The Informalization of Transnational Governance: A Threat to Democratic Government Michael Th. Greven 13 Complex Sovereignty and the Emergence of Transnational Authority Edgar Grande and Louis W. Pauly References Contributors Index