Towards a Global Polity: Future Trends and

This collection examines the political aspects of globalization which may be creating the much-feared 'One World Government'. The contributors discuss the core issues in the debate about global governance: national sovereignty, law, public management, networks, economic governance, institutions, Europe and good governance.

List of illustrations

ix

Notes on contributors

xi

Series editor's preface

xiii

Acknowledgements

xv

List of abbreviations

xvii

Introduction: beyond system and society - towards a global Polity?

1

(1)

Richard Higgott

Morten Ougaard

Beyond the internationalization of the state - the globalization of political life

1

(1)

Towards 'polityness'

2

(3)

The Cold War veil over international relations scholarship

5

(1)

Pre-empting our critics

6

(4)

Defining the global polity

10

(3)

Outline of the book

13

(6)

Note

19

(2)

PART I Theorising the global polity

21

(84)

Global polity research: characteristics and challenges

23

(17)

Morten Ougaard

Introduction

23

(1)

An emerging phenomenon

24

(2)

A singular phenomenon

26

(3)

Breaking with state-centred perspectives

29

(2)

Two examples: power and class

31

(5)

No neat labels

36

(4)

The global polity and changes in statehood

40

(18)

Georg Sørensen

Introduction

40

(1)

Globalization, global polity and statehood

40

(4)

Sovereignty and types of state

44

(7)

Statehood, sovereignty and the global polity

51

(4)

Conclusion

55

(1)

Notes

56

(2)

Law in the global polity

58

(20)

A. Claire Cutler

Introduction

58

(2)

Theorizing the nature and role of international law

60

(14)

Evaluating the effects of law in the global polity

74

(2)

Notes

76

(2)

Societal denationalization and positive governance

78

(27)

Michael Zurn

Introduction

78

(1)

Societal denationalization and global governance: concepts and theoretical expectations

79

(6)

The development of governance beyond the nation-state

85

(3)

International institutions in security and social welfare

88

(11)

Conclusion

99

(2)

Acknowledgements

101

(1)

Notes

101

(4)

PART II Non-state actors in the global polity

105

(62)

Discursive globalization: transnational discourse communities and New Public Management

107

(18)

Hans Krause Hansen

Dorte Salskov-Iversen

Sven Bislev

Introduction

107

(1)

Forms of global connectivity: transnational discourse communities as a conceptual tool

108

(6)

The World Bank

114

(3)

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

117

(2)

The Bertelsmann Network

119

(3)

Conclusion

122

(2)

Notes

124

(1)

Knowledge networks and policy expertise in the global Polity

125

(20)

Diane Stone

Introduction

125

(1)

Global sources of knowledge and expertise

126

(5)

Global policy networks

131

(3)

Knowledge networks

134

(5)

The `authority' of knowledge and expertise in the global polity

139

(3)

Conclusion

142

(1)

Notes

143

(2)

Civil society and governance in the global polity

145

(22)

Jan Aart Scholte

Introduction

145

(1)

Defining `civil society'

145

(2)

The diversity of civil society

147

(2)

The rise of civil society

149

(3)

Impacts on global governance

152

(7)

Legitimacy

159

(5)

Conclusion

164

(1)

Notes

165

(2)

PART III Prospects and agendas for the global polity in the twenty first century

167

(60)

The historical processes of establishing institutions of global governance and the nature of global polity

169

(20)

Craig N. Murphy

Introduction

169

(1)

Pinocchio's problem

170

(4)

The double movement

174

(9)

Lessons for today's egalitarian social movements

183

(3)

Lessons for my students

186

(1)

Notes

187

(2)

Europe: regional laboratory for a global polity?

189

(18)

Knud Erik Jrgensen

Ben Rosamond

Introduction

189

(1)

The EU polity and its modes of governance

190

(8)

Global Projections of the EU I

198

(104)

The EU and politics in the global polity

202

(2)

Conclusion

204

(2)

Notes

206

(1)

From global governance to good governance: theories and prospects of democratizing the global polity

207

(20)

Anthony McGrew

Introduction

207

(1)

Global democracy for global times?

208

(2)

Is transnational democracy possible?

210

(3)

Can transnational democracy be dismissed?

213

(3)

Theorizing transnational democracy

216

(8)

Towards a democratic global polity?

224

(1)

Conclusion

225

(2)

Bibliography

227

(30)

Index

257

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Towards a Global Polity: Future Trends and Prospects

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