1st Edition

Constructivism and Global Governance

By Alice Ba, Matthew Hoffmann Copyright 2018
160 Pages
by Routledge

160 Pages
by Routledge

This volume provides a clear, comprehensive introduction to social constructivism for use in making sense of global governance. By elucidating processes of social construction—how different actors come to be authoritative rule-makers, how diverse norms and practices come to define global rules, and how the clash of ideas and identities shape global rule-making—Ba and Hoffmann provide a... Read more
1. Making Sense of Coherence and Contestation  2. Exploring Social Constructivism I: Essentials and Origins  3. Exploring Social Constructivism II: Current Status and Critiques  4. Constructing What Counts as Global Governance  5. Constructing the Practices of Global Governance

Biography

Alice D. Ba, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Delaware. She specializes in the international relations, global governance, and regionalisms of Southeast and East Asia. Her current research focuses on Southeast Asia and its relations with China and the United States in East Asia, East and Southeast Asian regionalisms, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), and the comparative conditions and processes of engagement.

Matthew J. Hoffmann is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto and University of Toronto Scarborough. He specializes in global governance, global environmental politics, constructivism, and complex systems. His current research focuses on the global governance of climate change and the dynamics of multilateralism.