Embedded Liberalism and its Critics : Justifying Global Governance in the American Century / by J. Steffek.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Steffek, Jens.

Series:

• New Visions in Security, 2945-6789

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• International relations.
• Europe--Politics and government.
• Political science.
• International Relations.
• European Politics.
• Political Science.
• Political Theory.

Local Subjects:

• International Relations.
• European Politics.
• Political Science.
• Political Theory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2006.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Focusing on the development of justificatory discourse on global governance, Steffek examines how differing conceptions of distributive and social justice have played a role in negotiations in the domains of security, economics, and protecting the environment.

Contents:

• Legitimacy, justification, and the design of global governance
• The emergence of embedded liberalism
• The rising challenge to embedded liberalism
• UNCTAD and the alternatives to embedded liberalism
• Embedded liberalism versus redistribution in global climate policy
• The end of the Kyoto Protocol and the return of embedded liberalism
• The future of embedded liberalism.

Notes:

• Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

• 9786611365837
• 9781281365835
• 1281365831
• 9781403983633
• 1403983631

OCLC:

314828848