Preface Introduction: Actors, Interdependencies, and Coordination Efforts
in Globalization Processes Challenge One: The Energy-Environment Conundrum
1 Energy and Ecology 2 Environmental Deficits 3 Climate Change Is
Unavoidable Challenge Two: Managing One Global Market Economy 4 The Real
Economy and the Financial Economy 5 Global Economic Coordination Mechanisms
6 Global Imbalance: China versus the EU, or Economic Growth against
Austerity Challenge Three: Managing Violent Political Conflicts 7 Political
Interdependencies: The Conflict Perspective 8 A New Pattern of Global
Conflicts Challenge Four: Regional Coordination: How Effective Is It? 9
Governance of Common Pools 10 Regional Organization: No Ideal-Type Model
Challenge Five: Good Governance 11 Global Institutionality and Normativity
12 Mankind and Global Rule of Law Conclusion: Weber's Thesis Today
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