TY  - BOOK
AU  - Best,Jacqueline
AU  - Gheciu,Alexandra
TI  - The Return of the Public in Global Governance
SN  - 9781107281837 (ebook)
AV  - JZ1318 .R485 2014
U1  - 327.101 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Public interest
KW  - International organization
KW  - International economic relations
KW  - Security, International
N1  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016)
N2  - Many international relations scholars argue that private authority and private actors are playing increasingly prominent roles in global governance. This book focuses on the other side of the equation: the transformation of the public dimension of governance in the era of globalization. It analyses that transformation, advancing two major claims: first, that the public is beginning to play a more significant role in global governance, and, second, that it takes a rather different form than has traditionally been understood in international relations theory. The authors suggest that unless we transcend conventional wisdom about the public as a distinct sphere, separate from the private domain, we cannot understand the dynamics and consequences of its apparent return. Using examples drawn from international political economy, international security and environmental governance, they argue that 'the public' should be conceptualized as a collection of culturally-specific social practices
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107281837
ER  -