Introduction: Global Governance in the Interregnum
| Date | 01 January 2015 |
| Author | Tom Pegram,Michele Acuto |
| DOI | 10.1177/0305829814562017 |
| Published date | 01 January 2015 |
| Subject Matter | Forum: Global Governance in the Interregnum |
Millennium: Journal of
International Studies
2015, Vol. 43(2) 584 –597
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MILLENNIUM
Journal of International Studies
Introduction: Global
Governance in the
Interregnum
Tom Pegram
University College London, UK
Michele Acuto
University College London, UK
Abstract
Global governance is in flux. Scholarship on the practice of global governance has reimagined it as
a realm of disputes and confrontation, rather than one of interest-alignment within multilateral
interstate forums. A profound sense of governance deficit is provoking critical reflection both
within the corridors of power and among practitioners and scholars. A call within academic
circles for renewed reflection on global governance as a practice-oriented scholarship has
elicited varied responses from the international relation (IR) fraternity. In taking stock of the
state of the art of ‘global governance theory’, a number of scholars have advocated for its revival
to be grounded in the kind of critical reflection often absent from mainstream IR discussion.
Others contest any meaningful demarcation between IR and global governance scholarship. This
forum responds to a number of converging developments. Situating contributions broadly within
the notion of an interregnum, it is a first cut towards a more innovative global governance
research and practice-oriented agenda. We focus, in particular, on reframing the problematique
of global governance from one dominated by multilateral interstate geopolitics, towards a critical
reappraisal of both structure and political economy in light of the evident complexity of global
governance systems.
Keywords
global governance, international organization, theory development, complexity, disciplinarity
Corresponding author:
Tom Pegram, University College London, 29/30 Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9QU, UK.
Email: t.pegram@ucl.ac.uk
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