New Directions in Global Political Governance

Abstract

Contents: New Directions in global political governance: challenges and responses, John J. Kirton and Junichi Takase. The Globalization Challenge and the G8's Okinawa Response: The G8 summit and global governance: the message of Okinawa, Nicholas Bayne The Okinawa summit's contribution to global order: vision and realization, Kaoru Ishikawa New directions for the G8: Okinawa's prospects and performance, John J. Kirton Globalization and the role of the summits, Shinichiro Uda. Japan's Okinawa Summit and Approach to Twenty-First Century World Order: The G8 summit in global and local perspective: process, meeting, and Japanese domestic politics, Yuichi Morii Okinawan and Japanese perspectives on U.S. military bases and the G8 summit, Takayoshi Egami The changing G8 summit and Japanese foreign policy, Junichi Takase. New Directions in Global Security Governance: Curbing nuclear proliferation: Japanese, G8, and global approaches, Mitsuru Kurosawa Nuclear safety and criticality at Tokaimura: a failure of governance, Michael W. Donnelly The G8 and the human security agenda, Steven L. Lamy. New Directions in Global Institutional Governance: The G8, the United Nations, and global security governance, John J. Kirton Partners in adversaries? the G7/8 encounters civil society, Peter I. Hajnal Safeguarding environmental values and social cohesion under trade liberalization: global governance, G8 action, and local initiatives, Christine Lucyk and John J. Kirton The roots of the new consensus: the United States and the transformation of the G8 system, Gina Stephens. Conclusion: Global political governance and the G8 in the twenty-first century, John J. Kirton and Junichi Takase Analytical appendices Documentary appendices Bibliography Index.