Emerging Powers in Global Governance

Lessons from the Heiligendamm Process

Andrew F. Cooper, Agata Antkiewicz, Andrew F. Cooper, Agata Antkiewicz

• Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
• Year: 2010
• eBook ISBN: 9781554581948
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Global Politics
• Index: Politics & International Relations

The early twenty-first century has seen the beginning of a considerable shift in the global balance of power. Major international governance challenges can no longer be addressed without the ongoing co-operation of the large countries of the global South. Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, ASEAN states, and Mexico wield great influence in the macro-economic foundations upon which rest the global political economy and institutional architecture. It remains to be seen how the size of the emerging powers translates into the ability to shape the international system to their own will.

In this book, leading international relations experts examine the positions and roles of key emerging countries in the potential transformation of the G8 and the prospects for their deeper engagement in international governance. The essays consider a number of overlapping perspectives on the G8 Heiligendamm Process, a co-operation agreement that originated from the 2007 summit, and offer an in-depth look at the challenges and promises presented by the rise of the emerging powers.

Co-published with the Centre for International Governance Innovation

Table of contents

• Contents
• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Abbreviations and Acronyms
• 1 The Heiligendamm Process: Structural Reordering and Diplomatic Agency
• 2 The Logic of the B(R)ICSAM Model for Global Governance
• 3 From G8 2003 to G13 2010? The Heiligendamm Process’s Past, Present, and Future
• B(R)ICSAM CASE STUDIES
• THE EVOLVING ARCHITECTURE OF CHANGE
• List of Contributors
• Index