{"product_id":"global-governance-9780745660455","title":"Global Governance","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFriends 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?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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 threats - climate change, proliferation of   weapons of mass destruction, terrorism, financial instabilities,  pandemics, to  name a few - and the feeble contemporary political  structures for international  problem-solving provide compelling reasons  to read this book. Fitful, tactical,  and short-term local responses  exist for a growing number of threats and  challenges that require  sustain\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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 the lack of enforcement of global norms within our system of separate sovereign states. Rather, it may be our inability to understand the causes of many of today's global problems. This is great food for thought with lots of suggestions for practical action.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eCraig N. Murphy, Wellesley College and University of Massachusetts Boston\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The most cogent, compelling, and engaging text yet written on this notoriously slippery and mystifying topic. Weiss knows the subject like few others and his passions and insights make for a page-turner. This book is a must read for anyone - student, scholar, and practitioner alike - interested in working out how the contemporary world is governed and how to make it a better place.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eRorden Wilkinson, University of Manchester\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Global Governance works across so many levels. It is a terrific summary of the history of the concept. It is a terrific synthesis of debates and perspectives. It also represents a stand-alone statement of how the past shapes and reshapes what sort of global governance is possible and desirable. As expected from the scholar who has done so much to put the concept on the table and contributed to our understanding, Weiss is the ultimate guide.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eMichael Barnett, George Washington University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Weiss is probably the most productive and reliable specialist on the UN, international organisations and global government.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSurvival\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This book will be of interest to those who study human rights because Weiss considers the promotion and protection of human rights, including the Responsibility to Protect as a key example to support his overall argument.\" (\u003ci\u003eHuman Rights Review\u003c\/i\u003e 2015)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTables and Figures vi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAbbreviations vii\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAbout the Author x\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword by Craig N. Murphy xi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgments xiii\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Why Did Global Governance Emerge? 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 What Is Global Governance? 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 What Are Global Governance Gaps? 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Knowledge Gaps 62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Normative Gaps 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Policy Gaps 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Institutional Gaps 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Compliance Gaps 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Whither Global Governance? 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes 186\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSelected Readings 211\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex 214\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404406694231,"sku":"9780745660455","price":49.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745660455.jpg?v=1730486370","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/global-governance-9780745660455","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}