Description
The global community confronts a comprehensive and interconnected array of compelling economic, development and security challenges which require effective global governance. At the centre of world governance stand the new plurilateral summit institutions; the G8 and G20, and UN summits on subjects such as sustainable development and climate change. Many observers and participants regard the performance of these summits as inadequate and doubt their ability to cope with increasingly complex and numerous global challenges.
This book critically examines how effectively central global institutions comply with their commitments and how their effectiveness can be improved through accountability measures designed to raise compliance and deliver better results.
Expert contributors assess compliance and accountability at the key global institutions to provide an important resource for policymakers and scholars in political science, governance and accountability.
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Table of Contents
PART ONE: INTRODUCTION
1 Accountability and Effectiveness in Global Governance
John Kirton and Marina Larionova
PART TWO: GLOBAL ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE
2 Financial Regulation for Stability
Andrew Baker and Kateryna Dzhaha
3 Governing the Gaps in Global Banking
Vladimir Zuev and Anastasia Nevskaya
PART THREE: GLOBAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOVERNANCE
4 Governing Global Energy: Where Are We Heading?
Victoria V. Panova
5 Climate Change Control through G7/8, G20 and UN Leadership
John Kirton, Ella Kokotsis and Aurora Hudson
6 Achieving Gender Equality through G7 and G20 Governance
Julia Kulik
PART FOUR: GLOBAL SECURITY GOVERNANCE
7 Strengthening Regional Security through G7/8 Sanctions and Force
John Kirton and Julia Kulik
8 When States Misbehave: Membership Suspension in International Organizations
Heidi Hardt and Brent E. Sasley
PART FIVE: ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS IN ACTION
9 Comparing G7/8, G20 and BRICS Compliance
Caroline Bracht and Hanh Nguyen
10 Explaining G8 Compliance: Reciprocity, Institutionalization and Accountability
Ben Cormier
11 Explaining G20 and BRICS Compliance
Marina Larionova, Mark Rakhmangulov and Andrey Shelepov
12 The ICC G20 Business Scorecard
Jeff Hardy and Louis Bonnier
13 Accountability in International Children’s Non-governmental Organizations
David C. Kirsch
14 Knowledge and Learning in the World Bank Assessing the Role, Challenges and Prospects for a More Accountable International Financial Institution
Teresa Kramarz and Bessma Momani
PART SIX: CONCLUSION
15 Strengthening Global Governance through Accountability
John Kirton
