Leadership in Global Institution Building

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction: Minervian Actors and the Paradox of Post-1995 Global Institution Building

   1. Introduction: Minervian Actors and the Paradox of Post-1995 Global Institution Building

      • Yves Tiberghien

      Pages 1-22

3. Minervian Settings

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23

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   2. Varieties of Minervians: Scorecards and Patterns

      • Yves Tiberghien

      Pages 25-32

   3. The European Union as a Minervian Actor in Global Institution Building

      • Ian Manners

      Pages 33-48

   4. Canada’s Minervian Moment: Global Activism and Domestic Politics

      • Kim Richard Nossal

      Pages 49-64

4. The Competitive Mode

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 65-65

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   2. UNESCO versus the World Trade Organization: Will Cultural Diversity Trump Free Trade?

      • Jennifer Chan

      Pages 67-88

   3. A Double-Entry Minervian Case: The Battle over International Accounting Standards

      • Nicolas Véron

      Pages 89-108

5. The Normative Mode

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 109-109

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   2. The Ottawa Process: Domestic Interests, Transnational Civil Society, and State Identity

      • Petrice R. Flowers

      Pages 111-130

   3. The Resilience of CITES Regime and Diffused Normative Community

      • Isao Sakaguchi

      Pages 131-149

   4. Minerva’s Allies: States, Secretariats, and Individuals in the Emergence of the Responsibility to Protect Norm

      • Katharina P. Coleman

      Pages 150-169

   5. The Battle of the Peacebuilding Norm after the Iraq War

      • Daisaku Higashi

      Pages 170-189

6. The Political Leadership Mode

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 191-191

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   2. Minervian Politics and International Chemicals Policy

      • Henrik Selin

      Pages 193-212

   3. Enough Rope: The Role of Minervian Actors in Establishing the International Criminal Court

      • Joanne Lee

      Pages 213-231

   4. The Last Call for the Minerva’s Owl: The Politics of the 11th Hour in Negotiating the Nagoya Protocol at the CBD COP 10 Meeting

      • Elena Feditchkina

      Pages 232-249

7. Conclusion

   1. Front Matter

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   2. The End of the Minervian Moment

      • Zaki Laïdi

      Pages 253-259

Between 1995 and the present day, the world has undergone significant advances in international law, norms, and institutions. Progress was particularly intense in the fields of global environment, human security, cultural diversity, and human rights. This book reveals the key role played by the European Union, Japan, and Canada in this process.

• Europe
• European Union
• European Union (EU)
• human rights
• Institution
• Policy
• european union politics

The post-Cold War order is unique in the history of world politics for having a hegemon generally unwilling or unable to lead. Who else has tried? When did they succeed, and when did they fail? What explains the difference? This fascinating collection offers a fresh perspective on these important questions. Theoretically creative and empirically rich, it helps us understand the patchy recent history of governance innovation better than any work to date.

David Welch, CIGI Chair of Global Security, Balsillie School of International Affairs and Professor of Political Science, University of Waterloo, Canada

A fine analysis of the institution-building process under way at global level, by a range of highly qualified authors. A must-read for those who want to make sense of the transformations of global governance since the turn of the century.

Renaud Dehousse, Jean Monnet Professor of EU Law and Politics, Director of the Centre d'études européennes, Sciences Po, Paris, France

• University of British Columbia, Canada

  Yves Tiberghien

Yves Tiberghien is Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of British Columbia, Canada.

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