1st Edition

Rethinking Global Governance Learning from Long Ignored Societies

By Justin Jennings Copyright 2023
162 Pages 23 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

162 Pages 23 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

162 Pages 23 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book argues that long-ignored, non-western political systems from the distant and more recent past can provide critical insights into improving global governance. These societies show how successful collection action can occur by dividing sovereignty, consensus building, power from below, and other mechanisms. For a better tomorrow, we need to free ourselves of the colonial constraints on... Read more

1. Towards a More Perfect Union; 2. The Western Roots of Global Governance; 3. Dividing Sovereignty; 4. Building Up and Standing Down; 5. (Re)Building Consensus; 6. Powering From Below; 7. Ordering Anarchy; 8. Finding Better Futures

Biography

Justin Jennings is Senior Curator of the Archaeology of the Americas at the Royal Ontario Museum and Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Toronto. His research interests include early cities, states, and cultural horizons in the Andes and in other regions of his world.