New Directions In Global Political Governance

Download or read book New Directions in Global Political Governance written by Junichi Takase and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-03-02 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focused on politics and security, this volume extends the G8 and Global Governance series into the domain of international security in both its classic and newer forms. Going beyond the conventional focus on globalization, it takes up the central question of shaping international order, looking at the emergence of several important phenomena including: - The advent of human security - The global importance of once deeply domestic security issues - Enhanced demands for civil society participation Sections on Japan's perspective on the G8 and international order, critical issues in global security governance and the role of international institutions and American leadership therein, make this a distinctive account of international security in the 21st century.