Still a Western World?
Today, the debate on world order is intense. As is always the case in times of transition, the global restructuring of international affairs is generating a deep reflection on how the world should be reorganized. After the long frozen period of the Cold War and the subsequent years marked by US unipolarism, the world has begun the new millennium with profound power shifts. The relative decline of the USA, the crisis in the European Union, the consolida-tion of the BRIC emerging economies, and the diffusion of power to non-state actors all constitute significant changes that demand a new conceptualization of the rules of the global game.
In this pluralist and changing context, a number of different narratives are presented by the key actors in the international system. This book analyses these narratives in comparative terms by putting them in the wider framework of the transformation in global governance.
Sergio Fabbrini is Director of the School of Government and Professor of Political Science and International Relations at the LUISS Guido Carli University, Rome, where he holds a Jean Monnet Chair. He was the editor of the Italian Journal of Political Science from 2003 to 2009. He is Recurrent Visit-ing Professor of Comparative Politics at the Department of Political Science and Institute of Governmental Studies, University of California, Berkeley.
Raffaele Marchetti is Senior Assistant Professor of International Relations at LUISS Guido Carli University, Rome. His research interests lie in global politics and governance, transnational civil society, political risk and democracy.
Europa Regional Perspectives
Providing in-depth analysis with a global reach, this series from Europa examines a wide range of contemporary political, economic, developmental and social issues in regional perspective. Intended to complement the Europa Regional Surveys of the World series, Europa Regional Perspectives will be a valuable resource for academics, students, researchers, policymakers, business people and anyone with an interest in current world affairs with an emphasis on regional issues.
While the Europa World Year Book and its associated Regional Surveys inform on and analyse contemporary economic, political and social develop-ments, the editors considered the need for more in-depth volumes written and/ or edited by specialists in their field, in order to delve into particular regional situations. Volumes in the series are not constrained by any particular tem-plate, but may explore recent political, economic, international relations, social, defence, or other issues in order to increase knowledge. Regions are thus not specifically defined, and volumes may focus on small or large groups of countries, regions or blocs.
Still a Western World?
Continuity and change in global order
Edited by Sergio Fabbrini and Raffaele Marchetti
First published 2017
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Bertrand Badie is Professor of Political Science at Sciences Po, Paris.
Linda Basile is Post-Doc Research Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Political Change at the University of Siena.
Shaun Breslin is Professor of Politics and International Relations at the University of Warwick and Co-Editor of the Pacific Review.
Sergio Fabbrini is Professor of Political Science and International Relations and Director of the School of Government at LUISS Guido Carli University, Rome.
Pierangelo Isernia is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Department of Social, Political, and Cognitive Sciences at the University of Siena.
Robert Jervis is Adlai E. Stevenson Professor of International Affairs at Columbia University, New York.
Raffaele Marchetti is Senior Assistant Professor of International Relations at LUISS Guido Carli University, Rome.
Walter Russell Mead is James Clarke Chace Professor of Foreign Affairs and Humanities at Bard College, New York, and Editor-at-Large of American Interest.
Silvia Menegazzi is Post-Doc Research Fellow at LUISS Guido Carli University, Rome, and Visiting Academic Fellow at the University of Warwick.
Richard Sakwa is Professor of Russian and European Politics at the University of Kent.
Vittorio E. Parsi is Professor of International Relations and Director of ASERI at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan.
Mario Tel is Professor of EU Institutions and Comparative Regionalism at LUISS Guido Carli University, Rome.
AIIB | Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank |
APEC | Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation |
ASEAN | Association of South East Asian Nations |
ASEM | Asia-Europe Meeting |
BRIC(S) | Brazil, Russian Federation, India, Peoples Republic of China (South Africa) |
CFSP | Common Foreign and Security Policy |
ECOWAS | Economic Community of West African States |
ESDP | European Security and Defence Policy |
EU | European Union |
FPA | Foreign Policy Analysis |
FTA | Free trade agreement |
G7/G8 | Group of Seven/Group of Eight |
G20 | Group of 20 |
HR | High Representative (of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy) |
IR | International relations |
MERCOSUR | Southern Common Market |
NAFTA | North American Free Trade Agreement |
NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |