Towards a global polity / / edited by Morten Ougaard and Richard Higgott

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910783804303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2002
• ISBN: 1-134-47204-8; 0-429-22994-1; 0-203-29574-9; 1-134-47205-6; 1-280-05668-1; 0-203-21983-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (286 p.)
• Collana: Warwick studies in globalisation
• Classificazione: 89.70
• Altri autori (Persone): OugaardMorten; HiggottRichard A
• Disciplina: 327
• Soggetti: Globalization; International relations
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation; E.S.R.C., Economic and Social Research Council.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-256) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Series editor's preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction: beyond system and society towards a global polity?; Theorising the global polity; Global polity research: characteristics and challenges; The global polity and changes in statehood; Law in the global polity; Societal denationalization and positive governance; Non-state actors in the global polity; Discursive globalization: transnational discourse communities and New Public Management; Knowledge networks and policy expertise in the global polityCivil society and governance in the global polity; Prospects and agendas for the global polity in the twenty-first century; The historical processes of establishing institutions of global governance and the nature of global polity; Europe: regional laboratory for a global polity?; From global governance to good governance: theories and prospects of democratizing the global polity; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: While 'one world government' is not on the cards, the globalization of political life has progressed significantly over the last decades. Rather than adding to existing theoretical frameworks such as the realist picture of international anarchy or the English School's 'international society', this volume starts out from the idea of the world as one interconnected political system and explores ways and perspectives in which to analyse it as such. Subjects discussed include national sovereignty, law, public management, networks, economic governance, institutions and Europe.The contribu