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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798701303321

Autore

Innerarity Daniel <1959->

Titolo

Governance in the New Global Disorder / / Daniel Innerarity ; translated by Sandra Kingery ; foreword by Saskia Sassen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Columbia University Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-231-54225-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (232 p.)

Disciplina

306.2

Soggetti

International cooperation

Globalization

Sovereignty

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction: Whose World Is It? -- Part I. An Unprotected World -- 1. The Return of Pirates in the Global Era -- 2. Humanity Threatened -- Part II. The Unfulfilled Promise of Protection -- 3. Global Fear -- 4. A Walled World -- Part III. Governing, or The Art of Taking Charge -- 5. The Observation Society -- 6. From Sovereignty to Responsibility -- 7. Climatic Justice -- 8. A Politics of Humanity -- Epilogue: Us and Them -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

When we talk about globalization, we tend to focus on its social and economic benefits. In Governance in the New Global Disorder, the political philosopher Daniel Innerarity considers its unsettling and largely unacknowledged consequences. The "opening" of different societies to new ideas, products, and forms of prosperity has introduced a persistent uncertainty, or disorder, into everyday life. Multinational corporations have weakened sovereignty. We no longer know who is in control or who is responsible. Economies can collapse without sufficient warning, and the effort to rebuild can drag on for years. Piracy is everywhere. Is there any way to balance the interests of state, marketplace, and society in this new construct of power? Since national economies have become deterritorialized and political interdependencies aggravate our common vulnerabilities, Innerarity



contends that there is no other solution except to move toward global governance and a denationalization of justice. Globalization tries to unify the world through technologies, the economy, and cultural products and styles, but it cannot articulate or regulate political and legal equivalents. Everyone faces the same risks to their security, food supply, health, financial stability, and environment, and these risks demand a new global politics of humanity. In her foreword, the sociologist Saskia Sassen isolates the key takeaways from Innerarity's argument and the solutions they present to growing global tensions.