ABSTRACT

While 'one world government' is not on the cards, the globalization of political life has progressed significantly over the last decades. Rather than adding to existing theoretical frameworks such as the realist picture of international anarchy or the English School'sinternational society this volume starts out from the idea of the world as one

chapter |20 pages

Introduction

Beyond system and society – towards a global polity?

part |2 pages

Part I Theorising the global polity

chapter 1|17 pages

Global polity research

Characteristics and challenges

part |2 pages

Part II Non-state actors in the global polity

chapter 5|18 pages

Discursive globalization

Transnational discourse communities and New Public Management

part |2 pages

Part III Prospects and agendas for the global polity in the twenty-first century

chapter 9|18 pages

Europe

Regional laboratory for a global polity?

chapter 10|20 pages

From global governance to good governance

Theories and prospects of democratizing the global polity