How Global Institutions Rule the World

This book reviews bureau-type organizations delivering network goods, documenting how most global institutions greatly improved their effectiveness during the last few decades. In the current globalized world, the design and choice of appropriate institut

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10.1057/9781137475084 - How Global Institutions Rule the World, Josep M Colomer

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HOW GLOBAL INSTITUTIONS RULE THE WORLD

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10.1057/9781137475084 - How Global Institutions Rule the World, Josep M Colomer

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10.1057/9781137475084 - How Global Institutions Rule the World, Josep M Colomer

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HOW GLOBAL INSTITUTIONS RULE THE WORLD

how global institutions rule the world

Copyright © Josep M. Colomer, 2014. The author acknowledges financial aid from Fundación Rafael del Pino, Madrid. First published in 2014 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States—­a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN: 978–1–137–47507–7 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Colomer, Josep Maria.      How global institutions rule the world / Josep M Colomer.     pages cm      Summary: “Does world government actually exist? Are the current global institutions efficient in making decisions? Can they be compatible with basic democratic principles? This book holds that, indeed, world government does exist. Rulers of the World shows how the world is actually ruled by a few dozen global bureaus, organizations, funds, banks, courts and self-appointed directorates. They use different representation, voting and organizational formulas, yet the variety of arrangements of the global institutions is not an indicator of weak capacity of decision-making or of policy enforcement, but it reflects the extensive scope of their activities and the complexity of the global agenda of issues. With the appropriate institutional design, global government needs to be made c