Governing the World? Cases in Global Governance

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‘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. The book explores the processes, practice and politics of global governance by taking a broad look at issues of human rights governance and focusing on detailed aspects of a topic such as torture and rendition to help explain how governance does, or does not, work to students and researchers of international politics alike. Bringing together a diverse and international group of scholars, each chapter responds to a set of questions as to what is being governed, how and who by and offers issue-specific case studies and recommended reading to develop a full understanding of the issue explored and what it means for global governance. Cover 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 The content of the MDGs and paradigms of global development Efforts 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 Conclusion Recommended 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 Labour standards and the privatization of global governance Possibilities 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 The realignment of global health priorities Conclusion 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? Who are the key actors involved in the governance of human rights and what are the key mechanisms of governance? Rendition, secret detention and torture in the ‘War on Terror’ Rendition, secret detention and torture as violations of IHL and IHRL What are the issues that have arisen in relation to the governance of human rights with respect to the global rendition system? Conclusion Recommended reading Recommended websites 11. Governing forced migration The legal foundations of forced migrant protection The historical evolution of the international refugee regime Refugee policy in the post-Cold War world The international protection of Internally Displaced Persons Conclusions Recommended reading Recommended websites Conclusion: governing the world? What is governed and why? Who does the governing? What are the main mechanisms of governance? Governing the world? The practice and problems of global governance Bibliography Index