Global Liberalism and Political Order

Steven Bernstein is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto and the author of The Compromise of Liberal Environmentalism. Louis W. Pauly is Canada Research Chair in Globalization and Governance and Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto. He is the author and editor of many books, including Complex Sovereignty: Reconstituting Political Authority in the Twenty-First Century (coedited with Edgar Grande).

• PrefaceAcknowledgments PART I The Challenge of Crafting a New Grand Compromise 1. Introduction: Power, Social Purposes, and Legitimacy in Global GovernanceSteven Bernstein 2. Global Markets and Global Governance: The Prospects for ConvergenceJohn Gerard Ruggie PART II Power and Authority in Global Governance 3. Would Citizens Support a New Grand Compromise?Robert Wolfe and Matthew Mendelsohn 4. The Politics of International Development: Approaching a New Grand Compromise?Jean-Philippe Thérien 5. The United Nations in a Changing Global EconomyLouis W. Pauly 6. Compromises of Embedded Knowledge: Standards, Codes, and Technical Authority in Global GovernanceTony Porter PART III Integration and Fragmentation in Global Governance 7. Big Judgments, Elusive Phenomena, and Nuanced Analysis: Assessing Where the World Is HeadedJames N. Rosenau 8. Currency Blocs and the Future of Embedded LiberalismEric Helleiner 9. Institutional Fragmentation and Normative Compromise in Global Environmental Governance: What Prospects for Re-Embedding?Steven Bernstein and Maria Ivanova Works Cited ContributorsIndex

"…this book clearly succeeds in its goal of providing an overview of new thinking about one of the most influential ideas in international relations theory." — Political Studies Review"This empirical and conceptual exploration of the possibilities of a new 'grand compromise' offers a very fresh perspective on today's world order that readers will find welcome. The contributors have made a substantial contribution to our understanding of the dilemmas of the contemporary world order." — Timothy J. Sinclair, author of The New Masters of Capital: American Bond Rating Agencies and the Politics of Creditworthiness