1st Edition

The Group of Twenty (G20)

By Andrew F. Cooper, Ramesh Thakur Copyright 2013
194 Pages
by Routledge

194 Pages
by Routledge

200 Pages
by Routledge

This work offers a concise examination of the purpose, function and practice of the Group of Twenty (G20) summit. Providing a comprehensive historical account of the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors process, the text then moves on to outline the conditions, events and debates that led to the formation of the permanent, expanded leaders’ level forum. The historical span of the G20... Read more

Introduction  1. Rebalancing world order  2. G20 Finance as prelude  3. G20 competitors as reform options  4. Financial crisis as catalyst: From Washington to Pittsburgh  5. Consolidating or fragmenting the G20  6. The G20 between the dynamics of innovation and constraint  7. The G20 as the answer to the crisis of global governance

Biography

Andrew F. Cooper is Professor, Department of Political Science, and Director of the Centre for Studies on Rapid Global Change, University of Waterloo. Holding a DPhil from the University of Oxford, he was a Fulbright Research Chair in Public Diplomacy at the University of Southern California in 2009.

Ramesh Thakur is Professor of International Relations and Director of the Centre for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament at the Australian National University, and adjunct professor in the Institute of Ethics, Governance and Law at Griffith University.