Complex Sovereignty : : Reconstituting Political Authority in the Twenty-First Century /

Complex Sovereignty : : Reconstituting Political Authority in the Twenty-First Century / / ed. by Edgar Grande, Louis W. Pauly.

The way humanity governs itself is today changing very rapidly. Profound transformations in structures of political authority are underway in Europe, North America, and beyond. Nation-states remain central, but they cannot address the most pressing problems facing their own citizens without moving a...

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MitwirkendeR:
Albert, Mathias,
Beck, Ulrich,
Börzel, Tanja A.,
Clarkson, Stephen,
Coleman, William D.,
Eberlein, Burkard,
Grande, Edgar,
Greven, Michael Th.,
Ladly, Sarah Davidson,
Merwart, Megan,
Pauly, Louis W.,
Peters, B. Guy,
Porter, Tony,
Risse, Thomas,
Skogstad, Grace,
Thorne, Carlton,
HerausgeberIn:
Grande, Edgar,
Pauly, Louis W.,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017]
©2005
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (360 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • 1. Reconstituting Political Authority: Sovereignty, Effectiveness, and Legitimacy in a Transnational Order
  • 2. World Risk Society and the Changing Foundations of Transnational Politics
  • 3. Restructuring World Society: The Contribution of Modern Systems Theory
  • 4. Governance: A Garbage Can Perspective
  • 5. Globality and Transnational Policymaking in Agriculture: Complexity, Contradictions, and Conflict
  • 6. Financial Crises, the United Nations, and the Evolution of Transnational Authority
  • 7. Reconstituting Political Authority in Europe: Transnational Regulatory Networks and the Informalization of Governance in the European Union
  • 8. The Primitive Realities of North America's Transnational Governance
  • 9. Public-Private Partnerships: Effective and Legitimate Tools of Transnational Governance?
  • 10. The Private Production of Public Goods: Private and Public Norms in Global Governance
  • 11. Contested Political Authority, Risk Society, and the Transatlantic Divide in the Regulation of Genetic Engineering
  • 12. The Informalization of Transnational Governance: A Threat to Democratic Government
  • 13. Complex Sovereignty and the Emergence of Transnational Authority
  • References
  • Contributors
  • Index

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