Embedded Liberalism and Its Critics Justifying Global Governance in the American Century

Focusing on the development of justificatory discourse on global governance, Steffek examines how differing conceptions of distributive and social justice have played a role in negotiations in the domains of economics and protecting the environment.

Jens Steffek is Assistant Professor in the Transformations of the State Research Center at the University of Bremen.

Introduction * Legitimacy, Justification, and the Design of Global Governance * The Emergence of Embedded Liberalism * The Rising Challenge to Embedded Liberalism * UNCTAD and the Alternatives to Embedded Liberalism * Embedded Liberalism vs. Redistribution in Global Climate Policy * The End of the Kyoto Protocol and the Return of Embedded Liberalism * The Future of Embedded Liberalism Introduction * Legitimacy, Justification, and the Design of Global Governance * The Emergence of Embedded Liberalism * The Rising Challenge to Embedded Liberalism * UNCTAD and the Alternatives to Embedded Liberalism * Embedded Liberalism vs. Redistribution in Global Climate Policy * The End of the Kyoto Protocol and the Return of Embedded Liberalism * The Future of Embedded Liberalism