LEADER 05603oam 2200733I 450 001 9910792019503321 005 20230803023739.0 010 $a1-135-04962-9 010 $a1-135-04963-7 010 $a0-203-50839-4 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203508398 035 $a(CKB)2560000000102548 035 $a(EBL)1211748 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000887480 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12369778 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000887480 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10839888 035 $a(PQKB)10157833 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1211748 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1211748 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10719770 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL497082 035 $a(OCoLC)851972012 035 $a(OCoLC)847950492 035 $a(OCoLC)1086542604 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB131666 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000102548 100 $a20180706d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aGoverning the world? $ecases in global governance /$fedited by Sophie Harman, David Williams 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon :$cRoutledge,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (257 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-69041-2 311 $a0-415-69040-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of boxes and case studies; Notes on contributors; List of abbreviations; Introduction: governing the World?; The rise of 'global governance'; What's in a name?; Rationale for the book; Overview of cases; 1. Security and global governance; What is security?; What should the agenda of global security governance be?; Global governance and security; Conclusion; Recommended reading; Recommended websites; 2. Governing development: power, poverty and policy; Introduction; Origins of the MDGs 327 $aThe content of the MDGs and paradigms of global developmentEfforts to achieve the MDGs; Official development assistance; The World Bank, IMF and poverty reduction strategies; The WTO; Conclusion; Recommended reading; Recommended websites; 3. Global financial governance: taming financial innovation; Introduction: the paradox of financial regulation; The global financial crisis as a crisis of governance; The financial stability of the Bretton Woods; The rise of the Euromarket and the erosion of regulation; Neoliberalism and private financial governance, or the golden age of financial innovation 327 $aConclusionRecommended reading; Recommended websites; 4. Corruption and global governance; Corruption; Anti-corruption law; Conclusion; Recommended reading; Recommended websites; 5. Governing trade; The global governance of trade: theories and actors; Aid for Trade: 'top-down' global governance; Ethical trade: 'bottom-up' global governance; Conclusion; Recommended reading; Recommended websites; 6. The global governance of labour; The International Labour Organization; The trade-labour standards debate and the rise of the Core Labour Standards; Women, work and the Core Labour Standards 327 $aLabour standards and the privatization of global governancePossibilities and opportunities for labour activism, resistance and change; Recommended reading; Recommended websites; 7. Governing communications; What is being governed and why?; Who are the key actors involved?; What are the key mechanisms of governance?; What are the problems and issues that arise?; Conclusion; Recommended reading; Recommended websites; 8. Problems and prospects for health in the twenty-first century; Introduction; The reconfiguration of power within GHG; The challenge of GHG processes, forums and mechanisms 327 $aThe realignment of global health prioritiesConclusion; Recommended reading; Recommended websites; 9. Governing climate change and the planetary environment; What is being governed and why?; Who are the key actors involved?; What are the key mechanisms of government?; What are the problems and issues that arise in this area?; Conclusion; Recommended reading; Recommended websites; 10. Governing human rights: rendition, secret detention and torture in the 'War on Terror; What is being governed and why? 327 $aWho are the key actors involved in the governance of human rights and what are the key mechanisms of governance? 330 $a'Global governance' has become a key concept in the contemporary study of international politics, yet what the term means and how it works remains in question.Governing the World: Cases in Global Governance takes an alternative approach to understanding the concept by exploring how global governance works in practice through a set of case studies on both classical issues of international relations such as security, labour and trade, and more contemporary concerns such as the environment, international development, and governing the internet. 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