Rethinking global governance:

The world currently faces a number of challenges that no single country can solve. Whether it is managing a crisis-prone global economy, maintaining peace and stability, or trying to do something about climate change, there are some problems that necessitate collective action on the part of states a...

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Main Author: Beeson, Mark 1962- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London Red Globe Press 2019
[London] Macmillan International Higher Education
Series:Rethinking world politics
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Summary:The world currently faces a number of challenges that no single country can solve. Whether it is managing a crisis-prone global economy, maintaining peace and stability, or trying to do something about climate change, there are some problems that necessitate collective action on the part of states and other actors. Global governance would seem functionally necessary and normatively desirable, but it is proving increasingly difficult to provide. This accessible introduction to, and analysis of, contemporary global governance explains what it is and the obstacles to its realisation. Paying particular attention to the possible decline of American influence and the rise of China and a number of other actors, Mark Beeson explains why cooperation is proving difficult, despite its obvious need and desirability
Physical Description:xviii, 254 Seiten 21 cm
ISBN:9781137588616
9781137588609

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