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Global Governance: Why What Whither
Thomas G. Weiss
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Description for Global Governance: Why What Whither
Paperback. Friends and foes of international cooperation puzzle about how to explain order, stability, and predictability in a world without a central authority. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: JPS; LB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 394.
Friends and foes of international cooperation puzzle about how to explain order, stability, and predictability in a world without a central authority. How is the world governed in the absence of a world government?
This probing yet accessible book examines "global governance" or the sum of the informal and formal values, norms, procedures, and institutions that help states, intergovernmental organizations, civil society, and transnational corporations identify, understand, and address trans-boundary problems. The chasm between the magnitude of a growing number of global ... Read more
Friends and foes of international cooperation puzzle about how to explain order, stability, and predictability in a world without a central authority. How is the world governed in the absence of a world government?
This probing yet accessible book examines "global governance" or the sum of the informal and formal values, norms, procedures, and institutions that help states, intergovernmental organizations, civil society, and transnational corporations identify, understand, and address trans-boundary problems. The chasm between the magnitude of a growing number of global ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Polity
Number of pages
180
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
394g
Number of Pages
180
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745660462
SKU
V9780745660462
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About Thomas G. Weiss
Thomas G. Weiss is one of the world’s leading authorities on the challenges and processes of global governance. Former President of the International Studies Association, Tom is currently Presidential Professor of Political Science at The CUNY Graduate Center and Director of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies. He is the author of two popular Polity titles on the UN ... Read more
Reviews for Global Governance: Why What Whither
"If you are trying to understand and improve global policy, this is the place to start. Weiss takes the major issues on the global agenda and subjects them to a rigorous five-fold analysis that lets us see where the greatest gaps in the policy process really are. Some may be surprised to learn that the biggest problem may not be ... Read more