The system of global governance is under serious challenge. The UN, the G7/8, the IMF and the World Bank are but a handful of the organizations suffering from a crisis of legitimacy for an international system that appears ill-suited for timely, innovative and effective solutions to contemporary global challenges. Moreover, it is a system that made sense mainly for the post-second World War era, but sixty years later seems ill-equipped for bridging the growing political and economic divides between North and South and accommodating the needs of the big, emergent markets. Some scholars and practitioners have suggested that the time has come for the establishment of new multilateral forums that reflect 21st century realities. One opinion attracting increased attention in policy and academic circles to create a Summit of the leaders of 20 nations (L20), an institution that draws its inspiration from both the current G7/8 leaders’ meetings and the G20 finance ministers’ meetings. This book explores whether the creation of an L20 is a feasible possibility for the international community. It offers thematic and geographic arguments in favour of the L20, with a particular emphasis on the larger role that it could play in bringing about reform of the global economic and financial systems. The book concludes with a discussion of the changing nature of relationships in a globalised world, and makes a case for why an L20 would be a worthwhile addition to the international architecture.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR Andrew F. Cooper
Andrew F. Cooper is a Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Waterloo, and Associate Director of the Centre for International Governance Innovation, Waterloo, Canada.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR John English
John English is Executive Director of the Centre for International Governance Innovation, Waterloo, Canada.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ramesh Thakur
Ramesh Thakur is Professor and Vice Rector at the United Nations University, Tokyo. A leading interntional authority on UN issues and peacekeeping, he is the author/editor of eighteen books and has written over 150 articles for reputed international journals. He has also served as a commissioner of the Interntional Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty which came out with the document Responsibility to Protect in 2001.
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Reforming from the Top: A Leaders’ 20 Summit
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xx+319p., Maps; Notes; Index; 25cm.
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