Andrew Fenton Cooper

''This is an important book for anyone interested in international publicpolicy. It gives a very clear picture of the workings of the 'actuallyexisting'legislative process of global governance (problem-specific,global conferences) and the central, perhaps essential, role of 'middlepowers' and Canada in particular.''Craig N. Murphy, M. Margaret Ball Professor of International Relations, Wellesley College, USA.

Canadian Diplomacy and United Nations World Conferences

Tests of Global Governance

A Study in Conservative Politics

British Agricultural Policy, 1912-36

Kim Richard Nossal

Richard A. Higgott

The fall of the Berlin Wall and the disintegration of the Soviet Union were only two of the many events that profoundly altered the international political system in the late 1980s and early 1990s. In a world no longer dominated by Cold War tensions, nation states have had to rethink their international roles and focus on economic rather than military concerns. This book examines how two middle powers, Australia and Canada, are grappling with the difficult process of relocating themselves in the rapidly changing international economy. The authors argue that the concept of middle power has continuing relevance in contemporary international relations theory, and they present a number of case studies to illustrate the changing nature of middle power behaviour.

Australia and Canada in a Changing World Order

Relocating Middle Powers

John English

Ramesh Chandra Thakur

This book assesses how international commissions have shaped, and even reshaped, our understanding of international affairs and the international discourse on a wide range of global issues. These issues include the global economic order and the discrepancies in wealth between economies in the North and the South; international security and the utility of nuclear weapons; and environmentalism and the demands of economic growth. More recently, international commissions have examined whether the international community will ever accept the idea that military intervention is a legitimate option when confronted by the possibility of genocide and mass human rights violations against whole populations. The varying experiences and influences of eight separate international commissions are scrutinised: Brandt, Palme, Brundtland, the Commission on Global Governance, Canberra, the World Commission on Dams, the Kosovo Commission and the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty (ICISS). Few scholars and practitioners would suggest that international commissions offer perfect solutions to some of the contemporary problems of their time. But this book offers strong support for the argument that ideas matter as key agents in the evolution of global governance. International commissions can often act as the mechanism that brings ideas and institutions together.

International Commissions and the Power of Ideas

Andrew Fenton Cooper

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