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A theory of global governance : authority, legitimacy, and contestation / Michael Zürn

Author
Zürn, Michael, 1959-
Published
Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Description
xviii, 312 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Contents
Introduction: Global governance in hard times -- Part I: The Global Governance System -- 1. Normative principles -- 2. Reflexive authorities -- 3. Legitimation problems -- 4. The theoretical model: causal mechanisms and hypotheses -- Part II: The Contestation of Global Governance -- 5. The rise of the global governance system: a historical-institutionalist account -- 6. The politicization of authority beyond the nation state -- 7. Counter-institutionalization in the global governance system -- 8. The deepening of global governance -- Part III: The Future of Global Governance -- 9. Are there realistic models of global governance with cosmopolitan intent? An empirical assessment -- 10. Conclusion: A new paradigm in international relations?
Summary
"This book offers a major new theory of global governance, explaining both its rise and what many see as its current crisis. The author suggests that world politics is now embedded in a normative and institutional structure dominated by hierarchies and power inequalities and therefore inherently creates contestation, resistance, and distributional struggles. Within an ambitious and systematic new conceptual framework, the theory makes four key contributions. Firstly, it reconstructs global governance as a political system which builds on normative principles and reflexive authorities. Second, it identifies the central legitimation problems of the global governance system with a constitutionalist setting in mind. Third, it explains the rise of state and societal contestation by identifying key endogenous dynamics and probing the causal mechanisms that produced them. Finally, it identifies the conditions under which struggles in the global governance system lead to decline or deepening. Rich with propositions, insights, and evidence, the book promises to be the most important and comprehensive theoretical argument about world politics of the 21st century." -- Publisher's website.
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9780198819974 hardcover
0198819978 hardcover
9780198819981 paperback
0198819986 paperback
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Source of Acquisition
Purchased with funds from the Barbara S. Klein Libraries Collection Endowment in Art History and International Affairs; 2018
Endowment Note
Barbara S. Klein Libraries Collection Endowment in Art History and International Affairs
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