Rising powers, global governance and global ethics

1. Rising powers and global governance : theoretical perspectives / Yale H. Ferguson -- 2. Continuity and change in global governance : a normative quest / Thomas G. Weiss and Rorden Wilkinson -- 3. Rising powers and reform of the practices of international security institutions / Thomas Biersteker and Erica Moret -- 4. Global governance and the BRICs : ideas, actors, and governance practices / Mark Bevir and Jamie Gaskarth -- 5. Rising powers and the ethics of global trade and development governance / Patrick Holden -- 6. China in East Asia : confusion on the horizon? / Catherine Jones and Shaun Breslin -- 7. Rising powers and regional organization in the Middle East / Louise Fawcett -- 8. "Africa Rising" and the rising powers / Rebecca Davies and Ian Taylor -- 9. Russia rising? The normative renaissance of multinational organizations / P.N. Chatterje-Doody -- 10. Conclusion / Jamie Gaskarth.

Two of the dominant themes of discussion in international relations scholarship over the last decade have been global governance and rising powers. Underlying both discussions are profound ethical questions about how the world should be ordered, who is responsible for addressing global problems, how change can be managed, and how global governance can be made to work for peoples in developing as well as developed states. Yet, these are often not addressed or only briefly mentioned as ethical dilemmas by commentators.This book seeks to ask critical and profound questions about what relative shi