Rethinking governance in Europe and Northeast Asia : multilateralism and nationalism in international society / Uwe Wissenbach.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wissenbach, Uwe, author.

Series:

Routledge global cooperation series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

European cooperation.

East Asian cooperation.

European Union.

Nationalism--European Union countries.

Nationalism.

Nationalism--East Asia.

Politics and government.

Asia.

Europe.

East Asia.

European Union countries.

Physical Description:

xiv, 222 pages ; 24 cm.

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This book explores how nationalism and multilateralism transform international society and global governance. It does so by comparing the governance model of the EU - a constitutionalised and increasingly polycentric form of multilateralism - with Northeast Asia. There nationalist administrations have resisted multilateral commitments and are locked into rivalries instead of pursuing a regional project. Both Europe and Northeast Asia can be seen as success stories of the late 20th/ early 21st centuries, but by having followed different approaches to international governance. The book traces these two trajectories through critical junctures in history to how both regions have dealt with the contemporary challenges of the financial crisis and climate change. During the financial crisis, Europe's multilateral economic and monetary architecture revealed profound weaknesses whilst national policies allowed much of Northeast Asia to escape the worst of it. On climate change the European Union (EU) has developed effort-sharing governance models to reduce emissions, while Northeast Asian countries are relying on greening national industrial policy. The book argues that global governance has to find the balance between multilateralism and nationalism in order to find collaborative approaches to global challenges. This book provides a fresh take on the EU and on Northeast Asia and develops innovative concepts of international society and polycentric governance. Thus, it will be of considerable interest to researchers and students of global governance, international relations, EU and Asia Studies.

Contents:

Introduction: Multilateralism under attack from nationalism

International society and the diffusion of power in complexity

Nationalism, multilateralism and institutions of international society

Critical junctures on the pathway to European integration

European integration or disintegration in an era of nationalism

From Confucianism to nationalism in North East Asia

China, Japan, Korea trilateral cooperation: No way to regionalism?

Financial crises in the EU and NE Asia

The EU, NE Asia and polycentric governance of climate change: Live and let die?

Nationalism, multilateralism and role relationships in international polycentric governance.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780367321666

0367321661

OCLC:

1125007363