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Globalisation is also a political phenomenon. While 'one world government' is not on the cards, the globalisation of political life has progressed significantly over the last decades. Rather than adding on to existing theoretical frameworks such as the realist picture of international anarchy or the English School's ""international society"", this volume starts out from the idea of the world as one interconnected political system and explores ways and perspectives to analyse it as such. The contributors examine central aspects of this emerging global polity such as the role of law, of networks and of civil society. They discuss key theoretical and meta-theoretical questions on how to analyse and theorise the global polity, what drives it forward, and whether it can be democratised.

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Author:   Richard Higgott ,  Morten Ougaard
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.690kg
ISBN:  

9780415277709

ISBN 10:   0415277701
Pages:   286
Publication Date:   27 June 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction: beyond system and society – towards a global polity? PART I Theorising the global polity 1 Global polity research: characteristics and challenges 2 The global polity and changes in statehood 3 Law in the global polity 4 Societal denationalization and positive governance PART II Non-state actors in the global polity 5 Discursive globalization: transnational discourse communities and New Public Management 6 Knowledge networks and policy expertise in the global polity 7 Civil society and governance in the global polity PART III Prospects and agendas for the global polity in the twenty-first century 8 The historical processes of establishing institutions of global governance and the nature of global polity 9 Europe: regional laboratory for a global polity? 10 From global governance to good governance: theories and prospects of democratizing the global polity

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Morten Ougaard is a Reader in International Political Economy at Copenhagen Business School. His research interests include international political economy, global governance, the international regulation of business and US foreign policy. Richard Higgott is Director of the Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation and Professor of International Political Economy at the University of Warwick. His recent publications include two edited volumes, Non State Actors and Authority in the International System and The Political Economy of Globalisation.

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