Routledge Studies in Globalisation
About the Book Series
The Routledge Studies in Globalisation series is edited by André Broome (University of Warwick, UK) and Leonard Seabrooke (Copenhagen Business School, Denmark).
Based in the Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation at the University of Warwick (www.warwick.ac.uk/csgr), the Routledge Studies in Globalisation series examines key questions related to the theory and practice of globalisation and regionalisation. The Series has an interdisciplinary focus and publishes research that is methodologically and theoretically rigorous and which advances knowledge about the changing dynamics of globalisation and regionalisation, global governance and global order, and global civil society.
Associate Editors:
Shaun Breslin, University of Warwick, UK
Sophie Harman, Queen Mary University of London, UK
Richard Higgott, University of Warwick, UK
Manuela Moschella, Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy
Helen Nesadurai, Monash University, Malaysia
Andreas Nölke, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
Non-State Actors and Authority in the Global System
1st Edition
Edited
By Andreas Bieler, Richard Higgott, Geoffrey Underhill
November 09, 2011
Traditionally in International Relations, power and authority were considered to rest with states. But recently, in the light of changes associated with globalisation, this has come under scrutiny both empirically and theoretically. This book analyses the continuing but changing role of states in ...
Governing the Global Economy: Politics, Institutions and Economic Development
1st Edition
Edited
By Dag Harald Claes, Carl Henrik Knutsen
June 13, 2011
Governing the Global Economy explores the dynamic interaction between politics and economics, between states and markets and between international and domestic politics. The contributors study how the governance of the global economy is shaped by interaction between international institutions, ...
The World Bank and Social Transformation in International Politics: Liberalism, Governance and Sovereignty
1st Edition
By David Williams
February 14, 2011
In the 1990s the World Bank changed its policy to take the position that the problems of poverty and governance are inextricably linked, and improving the governance of its borrower countries became increasingly accepted as a legitimate and important part of the World Bank’s development activities....
Nationalism and Global Solidarities: Alternative Projections to Neoliberal Globalisation
1st Edition
Edited
By James Goodman, Paul James
February 02, 2011
Even in the face of neoliberal globalization, nationalism remains a significant political force. The leading contributors to this new volume explore the extent to which nationalism can be a foundation for alternative solidarities. Against the axiom that with globalization ‘all that is solid melts ...
The Evolution of Regionalism in Asia: Economic and Security Issues
1st Edition
Edited
By Heribert Dieter
February 02, 2011
This edited volume looks at regional integration processes in Asia. Whilst integration in the region, defined as Southeast and East Asia, is not a new process, it has gained momentum in recent years. Two developments have acted as catalysts for integration, first at the economic level the Asian ...
Business and Global Governance
1st Edition
Edited
By Morten Ougaard, Anna Leander
July 09, 2010
Over the past two decades, the role of business in global governance has become increasingly topical. Transnational business associations are progressively more visible in international policy debates and in intergovernmental institutions, and there is a heightened attention given to global ...
Assessment and Measurement of Regional Integration
1st Edition
Edited
By Philippe De Lombaerde
May 26, 2010
A unique examination of why the quest for global free trade often forgets that trade liberalization is organized regionally rather than multilaterally. There are now more than 250 regional integration initiatives and this number is steadily increasing. This trend raises a key ...
Global Finance in Crisis: The Politics of International Regulatory Change
1st Edition
Edited
By Eric Helleiner, Stefano Pagliari, Hubert Zimmermann
January 29, 2010
From the vantage point of the key powers in global finance including the United States, the European Union, Japan, and China, this highly accessible book brings together leading scholars to examine current changes in international financial regulation. They assess whether the flurry of ambitious ...
The Group of Seven: Finance Ministries, Central Banks and Global Financial Governance
1st Edition
By Andrew Baker
June 29, 2009
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 implications of this co-operation for US power and the abilities of the other six states to exercise leadership? What role do ...
Globalisation and Poverty: Channels and Policy Responses
1st Edition
Edited
By Maurizio Bussolo, Jeffery I Round
April 29, 2009
The consequences of globalization for the world's poor are uncertain and fierce rhetoric is dividing its supporters and detractors. The channels of effect of essentially macroeconomic shocks on the microeconomic position of individuals and households in poor countries are many and various. This ...
Regional Integration in East Asia and Europe: Convergence or Divergence?
1st Edition
Edited
By Bertrand Fort, Douglas Webber
April 29, 2009
A fascinating insight into how regional organizations in Europe and East Asia are currently grappling with a striking number of essentially similar challenges. This issue-based overview of political integration focuses on the differences and similarities in regional integration levels and ...
Globalisation and Economic Security in East Asia: Governance and Institutions
1st Edition
Edited
By Helen E. Nesadurai
March 05, 2009
What is the relationship between globalization and economic security? Globalisation and Economic Security in East Asia is an incisive new engagement with this important question that uses detailed conceptual exploration and fresh empirical analysis. Viewing traditional neorealist conceptions of ...