Power in concert : the nineteenth-century origins of global governance / Jennifer Mitzen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mitzen, Jennifer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International cooperation--History--19th century.

International cooperation.

International relations--History--19th century.

International relations.

World politics--19th century.

World politics.

Public relations and politics--History--19th century.

Public relations and politics.

Concert of Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (275 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How states cooperate in the absence of a sovereign power is a perennial question in international relations. With Power in Concert, Jennifer Mitzen argues that global governance is more than just the cooperation of states under anarchy: it is the formation and maintenance of collective intentions, or joint commitments among states to address problems together. The key mechanism through which these intentions are sustained is face-to-face diplomacy, which keeps states' obligations to one another salient and helps them solve problems on a day-to-day basis. Mitzen argues that the origins of this practice lie in the Concert of Europe, an informal agreement among five European states in the wake of the Napoleonic wars to reduce the possibility of recurrence, which first institutionalized the practice of jointly managing the balance of power. Through the Concert's many successes, she shows that the words and actions of state leaders in public forums contributed to collective self-restraint and a commitment to problem solving-and at a time when communication was considerably more difficult than it is today. Despite the Concert's eventual breakdown, the practice it introduced-of face to face diplomacy as a mode of joint problem solving-survived and is the basis of global governance today.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Chapter One. Public Power and Purpose in Global Governance

Chapter Two. Governing in the Shadow of Violence

Chapter Three. From International Society to Public Power

Chapter Four. More Than Mere Words

Chapter Five. Governing Together

Chapter Six. Things Fall Apart

Chapter Seven. Conclusion

References

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780226060255

022606025X

9780226060088

022606008X

OCLC:

855020301