This highly-acclaimed, bestselling textbook, quickly established itself as one of the leading
texts on the subject worldwide in its 1st edition. Now substantially revised and updated …

This book offers the most thorough, detailed inside story of the preparation, negotiation,
performance, and achievements of G20 gatherings from their start at the finance level in …

We are now in the era of the G8, although the G7 still exists as a grouping for Finance
Ministers. Why do G7 finance ministries and central banks co-operate? What are the …

Climate change control has risen to the top of the international agenda. Failed efforts,
centred in the United Nations, to allocate responsibility have resulted in a challenge now …

Laying the foundations of a theory of 'international social closure'this book examines how
actors compete for a seat at the table in the management of international society and how …

Part of Routledge's leading Global Institutions Series, this book is a highly accessible, up-to-
date introduction to the history, present and future of the G7/8 summits, exploring the role …

This paper explores the implications of globalization for governance. It argues that the
contemporary large-scale and accelerated growth of transworld connectivity has rendered …

The fight against money laundering, drug trafficking, illegal immigration, cyber crime, and the
promotion of the enhancement of judicial and police cooperation in criminal matters have …

Developing a new theory of hegemony, called group hegemony, the author explains how a
few wealthy countries maintain the liberal economic order and how this helps to sustain the …

The G8 has rather crept up on our consciousness as an agency of global governance. It was
brought into being in 1975 in order to give western leadership to the global political …