Global Governance at Risk
Published on 7. November 2013
272 pages
978-0-7456-7897-9 (ISBN)
Description
Since 2007 the world has lurched from one crisis to the next. Therise of new powers, the collapse of our global financial system,the proliferation of nuclear weapons and crisis in the Eurozonehave led to a build up of risks that is likely to provoke a moregeneral crisis in our system of global governance if it cannot bemade fairer, more effective and accountable.
In this book, nine leading scholars explore the fault lines andmounting challenges that are putting pressure on existinginstitutions, the ways in which we are currently attempting tomanage them - or failing to - and the prospects forglobal governance in the 21st century. In doing so, thecontributors offer a fresh look at one of the most important issuesconfronting the world today and they suggest strategies foradapting current institutions to better manage our mutualinterdependence in the future.
Contributors include Ha-Joon Chang, Benjamin Cohen, Michael Cox,David Held, George Magnus, Robert Skidelsky, Robert Wade, MartinWolf and Kevin Young.
In this book, nine leading scholars explore the fault lines andmounting challenges that are putting pressure on existinginstitutions, the ways in which we are currently attempting tomanage them - or failing to - and the prospects forglobal governance in the 21st century. In doing so, thecontributors offer a fresh look at one of the most important issuesconfronting the world today and they suggest strategies foradapting current institutions to better manage our mutualinterdependence in the future.
Contributors include Ha-Joon Chang, Benjamin Cohen, Michael Cox,David Held, George Magnus, Robert Skidelsky, Robert Wade, MartinWolf and Kevin Young.
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David Held is Master of University College and Professor of Politics and International Relations at Durham University.
Charles Roger is a PhD student at the University of British Columbia and Liu Scholar at the Liu Institute for Global Issues.
Charles Roger is a PhD student at the University of British Columbia and Liu Scholar at the Liu Institute for Global Issues.
Content
Contributors vii
Preface xi
1 Editors' Introduction: Global Governance at Risk 1
David Held and Charles Roger
2 The Shift and the Shock: Prospects for the World Economy19
Martin Wolf
3 The Coming Global Monetary (Dis)Order 31
Benjamin J. Cohen
4 Will Emerging Markets Shape or Shake the World Economy?51
George Magnus
5 Protecting Power: Western States in Global Organizations77
Robert H. Wade
6 Why the West Rules for Now - And is Likely to for a LongTime to Come 111
Michael Cox
7 Hamlet without the Prince of Denmark: How Development hasDisappeared from Today's "Development" Discourse129
Ha-Joon Chang
8 Keynes, Hobson, Marx and the Crisis of Capitalism 149
Robert Skidelsky
9 From the Financial Crisis to the Crisis of Global Governance170
David Held and Kevin Young
Index 202
Preface xi
1 Editors' Introduction: Global Governance at Risk 1
David Held and Charles Roger
2 The Shift and the Shock: Prospects for the World Economy19
Martin Wolf
3 The Coming Global Monetary (Dis)Order 31
Benjamin J. Cohen
4 Will Emerging Markets Shape or Shake the World Economy?51
George Magnus
5 Protecting Power: Western States in Global Organizations77
Robert H. Wade
6 Why the West Rules for Now - And is Likely to for a LongTime to Come 111
Michael Cox
7 Hamlet without the Prince of Denmark: How Development hasDisappeared from Today's "Development" Discourse129
Ha-Joon Chang
8 Keynes, Hobson, Marx and the Crisis of Capitalism 149
Robert Skidelsky
9 From the Financial Crisis to the Crisis of Global Governance170
David Held and Kevin Young
Index 202
