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Global Governance from Regional Perspectives: A Critical View

I Critical Approaches to Global Governance Global Governance from Regional Perspectives. A Critical View Introduction Global Governance in the Twenty-First Century Definitions: What is Global Governance?The Democratic Deficit of Global Governance A Plural Global Governance Cultural Perspectives in Global Governance: The Contents of This Book References Can the Study of Global Governance Be Decentred?Global Governance and Western Dominance The Limits of Critique The Way Forward References Measuring (Global) Governance. The Potential, the Practical, and the Problematic Assessment of Governance within and beyond the State The Potential Assessment: Conceptualizing 'Governance' and Defining the 'Global'—What Is the Reality to Be Measured?The Practical Assessment: Governance Indicators and Indices—What is Measured and How?The Problematic Assessment: Shortcomings in Measuring (Global) Governance—What Is Difficult to Be Measured?Concluding Remarks References Democracy and Global Governance. The Internal and External Levers What Are the Objectives of Democratic Global Governance?What is Democratic Global Governance?Who is Entitled to Assess Internal Democracy?The Internal Lever Use 10s Rather Than Secretive Governance Agreements The Creation of International Parliamentary Assemblies (IPAs)Give More Voice to International Judicial Devices Opening Access to NGOs and Civil Society The External Lever The External Lever in the European Union The External Lever in Latin America When the External Lever Does Not Work: The League of Arab States What Can Be Done to Make the External Lever More Effective?Explicit commitment of IOs for democratic consolidation.Use IGOs to develop linkages across civil societies. Greater use of the incentives provided by IGOs.Equal respect among members.Conclusions References II Regional Perspectives on Global Governance A Perspective from the Middle East. Governance and the Problem of Knowledge Introduction The Current State of Affairs—the Arab Spring and the Iraqi Experience as Historical Junctures in Governance Global Governance and the Processes of Translation—The Necessity of Abstraction A Problem of Representation A Cultural Perspective?Conclusions References An African Perspective on Global Governance Introduction Nature of Relational Governance Practising Relational Governance Illustrations of Relational Governance in Africa Issue I: African Agency in Global Governance Issue II: Security Governance Issue III: Human Rights Governance Conclusions References A Russian Perspective on Global Governance Understanding Global Governance in Russia Russia's Relations with the West and Attempts to Become a Global Actor Again Russia's Efforts to Strengthen Non-Western Structures Cultural and Value Bases for Russian Resistance to Globalization and the Global Governance Structure Conclusions References Global Governance with Chinese Characteristics?Introduction Chinese Debate of Global Governance China and Global Economic Governance China in the WTO The G20 Conclusions References A 'Rashomon' Story. Latin American Views and Discourses of Global Governance and Multilateralism Global Governance through Multilateralism: Principles, Norms, and Discourses Multilateralism: Some Conceptual and Theoretical Issues The Power of Ideas: Explaining Identity, Discourses, and Narratives The 'Rashomon Effect': Explaining Differences in the Narratives About Multilateralism and Global Governance Hegemonic Multilateralism: The US Normative Multilateralism: The EU The Global South and Latin America: 'Defensive' and 'Revisionist' Multilateralism Defensive Multilateralism Revisionist Multilateralism The Singularities of Latin American Approaches Between the 'Rashomon Effect' and Global Governance: Options and Dilemmas for Latin America References The European Union and Global Governance Introduction The Political Culture of an Integrated Europe The Transformation of Interstate Relations in the European Union The Transformation of States in the EU European Integration and Global Governance The Development of the European Union's Global Role The EU Perspective on Global Governance A Multilateral Player in a Multipolar World?Conclusion Whither the EU's Role in Global Governance: Three Scenarios The EU as an Experimental Laboratory The EU as One of the World's Gated Communities The EU as a Museum of Cultural Heritage Conclusions References The Debate on Global Governance in the United States Introduction Narratives of Global Governance Global Governance in the United States The Role of US and Global Governance US Government, Institutions, and Global Governance US Government and Global Governance Institutional Programmes on Global Governance US Governance in Africa Conclusions References Pluralizing Global Governance. Achievements and Challenges Ahead A Return to International Relations or National Perspectives of the Global?Advantages and Shortcomings of a Regional Perspective Reifying Regional Perspectives Who Are the Agents of Global Governance?References

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Global Governance from Regional Perspectives. A Critical View
Anna Triandafyllidou The notion of global governance has attracted significant attention during the last two decades but remains notoriously elusive. The term 'global' has been adopted to point to the emerging transnational world order and interactions that go beyond traditional state...
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Critical Approaches to Global Governance
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Cultural Perspectives in Global Governance: The Contents of This Book
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An African Perspective on Global Governance
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A Russian Perspective on Global Governance
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A 'Rashomon' Story. Latin American Views and Discourses of Global Governance and Multilateralism
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The EU Perspective on Global Governance
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Relations between domestic, regional, and global governance
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