{"product_id":"9780745660462","title":"Global Governance Why? What? Whither?","description":"\u003ch1\u003eGlobal Governance\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhy? What? Whither?\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThomas G. Weiss\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolitical Science \/ Globalization\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eFriends and foes of international cooperation puzzle about how to  explain order,  stability, and predictability in a world without a  central authority. How is the  world governed in the absence of a world  government?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This probing yet  accessible book examines \"global governance\" or the  sum of the informal and  formal values, norms, procedures, and  institutions that help states,  intergovernmental organizations, civil  society, and transnational corporations  identify, understand, and  address trans-boundary problems. The chasm between the  magnitude of a  growing number of global threats - climate change, proliferation of   weapons of mass destruction, terrorism, financial instabilities,  pandemics, to  name a few - and the feeble contemporary political  structures for international  problem-solving provide compelling reasons  to read this book. Fitful, tactical,  and short-term local responses  exist for a growing number of threats and  challenges that require  sustained, strategic, and longer-run global perspectives  and action.  Can the framework of global governance help us to better understand  the  reasons behind this fundamental disconnect as well as possible ways to   attenuate its worst aspects? Thomas G. Weiss replies with a guardedly  sanguine \"yes\".\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e  Thomas G. Weiss is one of the world’s leading authorities on the challenges and processes of global governance. Former President of the International Studies Association, Tom is currently Presidential Professor of Political Science at The CUNY Graduate Center and Director of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies. He is the author of two popular Polity titles on the UN and humanitarian intervention, both in their second edition.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10 July 2013\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePolity Press\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePolity\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780745660462\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e180\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e13.12\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Polity Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44379041824908,"sku":"9780745660462","price":24.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780745660462.jpg?v=1780206095","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9780745660462","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}