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Grand challenges of planetary governance : global order in turbulent times / Oran R. Young.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Young, Oran R., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- International organization.
- International relations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (178 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2021.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this timely book, leading scholar Oran Young reflects on the future of the global order. Developing new lenses through which to consider needs for governance arising on a global scale, Young investigates the grand challenges of the 21st century requiring the most urgent and sustained planetary responses: protecting the Earth's climate system; controlling the eruption of pandemics; suppressing disruptive uses of cyberspace; and guiding the biotechnology revolution.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- 1. Building intellectual capital for turbulent times
- 2. Grand challenges of planetary governance in the 21st century
- 3. Steering mechanisms for social and socioecological systems
- 4. What do we mean when we speak about the effectiveness of governance systems?
- 5. Does formalization enhance institutional effectiveness?
- 6. Escaping social and socioecological traps in complex systems
- 7. The technological dimensions of governance
- 8. The future of the global order
- References
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Creative Commons Attribution - NonCommercial - NoDerivatives 4.0 International CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 cc https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-80220-072-X
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