Book contents
- Global Policymaking
- Cambridge Studies in International Relations: 162
- Global Policymaking
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Global Policymaking
- 2 The Making of Global Policies
- 3 The Sustainable Development Goals
- 4 The Human Rights Council
- 5 The Protection of Civilians
- 6 Key Trends in the Making of Global Policies
- Conclusion
- References
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in International Relations
1 - Global Policymaking
From Public Goods to Bricolage
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 March 2023
- Global Policymaking
- Cambridge Studies in International Relations: 162
- Global Policymaking
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Global Policymaking
- 2 The Making of Global Policies
- 3 The Sustainable Development Goals
- 4 The Human Rights Council
- 5 The Protection of Civilians
- 6 Key Trends in the Making of Global Policies
- Conclusion
- References
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in International Relations
Summary
This chapter explores the concept of global policymaking from a variety of angles. We begin by reviewing the development of global policymaking as a distinct field of research. We then define the concept of global policy as world-spanning courses of action over issues of common concern, and tease out its methodological and epistemological implications. The third part contrasts two approaches to global policymaking – that of global public goods, inherited from economics, and that of bricolage, which takes its cue from sociology and anthropology. We side in favor of the latter, as we believe that it better captures the processual and political nature of global governance. We emphasize the “making of” global policy and global governance in order to answer a fundamental question: How are world-spanning collective courses of action over issues of common concern actually generated? By paying closer attention to political processes, we show that the key challenges of global governance do not primarily consist in the search for more efficient solutions to technical problems.
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- Global PolicymakingThe Patchwork of Global Governance, pp. 22 - 43Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023