Globalisation, Multilateralism, Europe

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Contents: Foreword, Andrew Gamble Introduction, Mario TelA^2 Part I Towards a Common Language: Critically Exploring Key Concepts: Globalization: trends, limits, and controversies, Min-hyung Kim and James Caporaso The three historical epochs of multilateralism, Mario TelA^2 Which multipolarity? Power and world order, Chen Zhimin and Pan Zhongqi Peculiarities of the European Union's external action, Rene Schwok. Part II The State of Art: Disciplinary Approaches to Global Governance: Comparative institutionalisms, Vivien A. Schmidt Normative approaches to global justice, Sebastiano Maffetone International political economy, Matthew Watson Legal studies and global governance, Nicolas Levrat Comparative regional studies, Luk van Langenhove and Leonie Maes. Part III Efficiency and Legitimacy of the Global Multilateral System: the Institutional Set: Troubles with the UN, Paul Taylor The pillars of the international trading system, Steven Woolcock The IMF and the challenge of global monetary governance, Richard Higgott and Jessica Hodder Global environmental governance, Jean-Frederic Morin. Part IV Issues at Stake: The complex social side of globalisation, Chun Ding New multilateralisms for regional development: Africa post-2015, Timothy M. Shaw and Hany Besada Cultural conflicts, global governance and international institutions, Thomas Meyer Civil society, global governance and the quest for legitimacy, Raffaele Marchetti The responsibility to protect, Nico Schrijver Regional security communities, Hideotoshi Nakamura Interregional relations, Stephan Sberro Multilateral institutions/regimes and the dissemination of WMD, Jane Boulden Multilateralism and conflict management: assessing peace operations, Fulvio AttinA Appendix, Sebastian Santander Bibliography Index.