Review: Globalization: Enhancing Global Governance
| DOI | 10.1177/002070200305800117 |
| Published date | 01 March 2003 |
| Author | Chandra Lekha Sriram |
| Date | 01 March 2003 |
| Subject Matter | Review |
Reviews
analysis
of
the
entertainment
and
cultural
dimensions
of
globalization,
the
contributors
appear
far
less
sanguine.
The
volume
concludes
with
a
most
valuable
analysis
by
the
editors
on
the
role
of
the
state
under
scenarios
of
globalization
in
triumph
as
well
as
globalization
in retreat.
Walter
C.
Soderlund/Professor Emeritus,
Department
of
Political
Science,
University
of
Windsor
GLOBALIZATION
ENHANCING
GLOBAL
GOVERNANCE
Towards
a
new
diplomacy
Edited
by
Andrew
E
Cooper, John
English,
and
Ramesh
Thakur
Tokyo
and
New
York:
United
Nations
University
Press,
2002,
xi,
308pp,
us$31.95,
ISBN
92-808-1074-x
T
he
authors
in
this
edited volume
examine
new
trends
in
'global
governance'
through
an
examination
of
the
practice
of
the
United
Nations
Security
Council,
the
role
of
non-governmental
organizations
(NGOs)
and
coalitions
of
like-minded
states,
and
the
specific move-
ments
that
helped
to
bring
about
an
international convention
to ban
landmines and
the
establishment
of
the
International
Criminal
Court
(ICC).
Several
closing
chapters
examine
the
future
of
global
governance
and look
in
particular
at
the
role
of
codes
of
conduct and
corporate
actors.
The
book
offers
a
fascinating
overview
of
the
changing
nature
of
international
relations, where
even
as
the
Security
Council
has
become
more
active
and
more
secretive,
so
too
have
non-state
actors
and
middle
powers
been increasingly
powerful
and
effective.
Sadly,
in
the
era
of
the
Bush
doctrine,
there
may
be
reason
to
doubt
whether
what
the
book
terms 'new
diplomacy'
may
be
less
efficacious.
The
end
of
the
cold
war
opened
up
new
opportunities
for
the
United Nations
system
to
become
active,
but
it
also
exposed
its
flaws.
An increasingly
active
institution
was
forced
to
confront
its
limitations
in Somalia,
Rwanda,
and
the
former
Yugoslavia.
At
the
same
time,
an
energetic Security
Council
came
under
attack
not
only
for
increasing
secretiveness,
but
also
for
its
lack
of
representativeness
and
putative
lack
of
legitimacy.
Of
concern
is
not
only the
veto possessed
by
the
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INTERNATIONAL
JOURNAL Winter2002-2003
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