The Transition of Global Order: Legitimacy and Contestation
1. Global Orders: Contestation and Transition 2. Order Transition, Systemic Legitimacy and Institutionalization 3. Order Transition in a Hybrid Environment 4. Order Transition, Common Culture and Exceptional Worldviews 5. Order Transition and Effectiveness 6. Renegotiating the Security-related Rules of Global Order 7. Renegotiating the Environmental Rules of Global Order 8. Renegotiating the Ideology-related Aspects of Global Order 9. Conclusion: The Politics of Sovereignty and the Failure of the Global Governance Concept
Globalization and Global Governance
Part 1 The state of globalization: globalization - what is it? deconstructing globalization the driving forces - the two revolutions is globalization inevitable? is it desirable? Part 2 The politics of globalization: national politics in a global economy does globalization threaten the national state? gainers and losers beyond economics - national security the politics of identity. Part 3 Globalization and global governance: an evolving system from trade to capital glows - a paradigm shift disappearing nation states global variable geometry the limits of self regulating globalization appendix: functional clubs - global financial market regulation, telecoms and information standard setting. Part 4 A regulatory deficit? systematic risk and a lender of last resort rules for competition creating global infrastructure and networks the commons. Part 5 Improving the process: integrating the big new players legality and extraterritoriality accountability, transparency and subsidiarity mutual recognition and competition among rules. Part 6 The new frontier - globalization and ethics: value convergence contrary currents corruption environment and labour standards human rights, international equity. Part 7 Conclusion - globalization and its enemies.
Athenian Democracy at War
Classical Athens perfected direct democracy. The plays of this ancient Greek state are still staged today. These achievements are rightly revered. Less well known is the other side of this success story. Democratic Athens completely transformed warfare and became a superpower. The Athenian armed forces were unmatched in size and professionalism. This book explores the major reasons behind this military success. It shows how democracy helped the Athenians to be better soldiers. For the first time David M. Pritchard studies, together, all four branches of the armed forces. He focuses on the background of those who fought Athens' wars and on what they thought about doing so. His book reveals the common practices that Athens used right across the armed forces and shows how Athens' pro-war culture had a big impact on civilian life. The book puts the study of Athenian democracy at war on an entirely new footing.