Josep M Colomer

How Global Institutions Rule the World (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book reviews bureau-type organizations delivering network goods, documenting how most global institutions greatly improved their effectiveness during the last few decades. In the current globalized world, the design and choice of appropriate institutional rules and procedures can result in effective and democratic global government.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
• Seitenzahl: 219
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. November 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781137475084
• Artikelnr.: 42111251

Autorenporträt

Josep M. Colomer is Research Professor in Political Economy at Georgetown University, USA. Colomer is a life member of the American Political Science Association and a member by election of the Academy of Europe.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. World Government is Here PART I: WHO RULES 2. Network Goods are Served by Simple Bureaus 3. Unanimity Rule Failed to Make the World More Secure 4. A Great-Powers' Directorate Has Averted the Third World War 5. Weights and Coalitions for Finance and Development 6. Equal Vote Does Not Favor Global Trade 7. The World's Self-Appointed Steering Committee PART II: HOW THEY RULE 8. Domestic Politics Doesn't Make Policy 9. Global Representation Requires Rotation of Countries 10. Effective Decisions are Made by Means of Weighted Votes 11. Expert Rulers Replace Politicians and Diplomats 12. Policy Consensus is Built With More Ideas than Votes 13. Non-Electoral Accountability is Based On Performance and Values 14. Can Global Democracy Exist