ISQ submission Rethinking GG by TGW and RW FINAL 22 November 2012 (002).pdf (429.08 kB)
Rethinking global governance? Complexity, authority, power, change
journal contribution
posted on 2023-06-08, 19:26 authored by Thomas G Weiss, Rorden WilkinsonGlobal governance remains notoriously slippery. While the term arose to describe change in the late twentieth century, its association with that specific moment has frozen it in time and deprived it of analytical utility. It has become an alternative moniker for international organizations, a descriptor for an increasingly crowded world stage, a call to arms, an attempt to control the pernicious aspects of globalization, and a synonym for world government. This article aims not to advance a theory of global governance but to highlight where core questions encourage us to go. A more rigorous conception should help us understand the nature of the contemporary phenomenon as well as look “backwards” and “forwards.” Such an investigation should provide historical insights as well as prescriptive elements to understand the kind of world order that we ought to be seeking and encourage us to investigate how that global governance could be realized.
History
Publication status
- Published
File Version
- Accepted version
Journal
International Studies QuarterlyISSN
0020-8833Publisher
Wiley-BlackwellExternal DOI
Issue
1Volume
58Page range
207-215Department affiliated with
- International Relations Publications
Full text available
- Yes
Peer reviewed?
- Yes