Global Governance

Global Governance is an easy-to-read introduction to an increasingly important concept in political science. It provides a clear overview of competing conceptions of global governance in the sub-field of international relations. People everywhere want an understanding of the problems that cross borders, whose solution requires more than the national policy choices made by territorial states. There is no accepted, agreed definition of 'Global Governance.' The idea is elusive, understood in several different ways. In this book, Timothy J. Sinclair guides the reader through these competing perspectives. For some, global governance is nothing more than the contemporary way to refer to international institutions. For others, global governance implies a change in the fundamental political units that rule our world. Some see the potential for expanding democracy, while others fear the perpetuation of elite control. Still others reject the very idea of global governance. At the heart of this volume are a series of chapters which examine these competing understandings of global governance. In each chapter Sinclair uses scenarios to bring to life the perspective and evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of these competing understandings. Sinclair argues no approach to global governance is self-evidently the right one, and that the relative success of each conception is an empirical matter. This is the first book to offer a systematic overview of competing conceptions of global governance. It will be valuable to students of political science and international relations, international political economy and public policy, and to professionals in the world of international institutions.

Timothy Sinclair lectures in international relations at the University of Warwick.

Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. Emergence
3. Technocracy
4. Institutionalism
5. Transnationalism
6. Cosmopolitanism
7. Hegemony
8. Anti-Global Governance
9. Conclusions
Bibliography
Index