1st Edition
The Power of the G20 The Politics of Legitimacy in Global Governance
Acknowledgments
Introduction: legitimacy and the G20
1 The purpose and power of the G20
2 The legitimacy of the G20: international and public concerns
3 The G20 and the legitimation of global capitalism
4 The G20 and global social problems
5 The G20 and global justice and accountability
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Steven Slaughter is an Associate Professor in International Relations at Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia. His main publications are The G20 and International Relations Theory: Perspectives on Global Summitry (solo edited, 2019), Global Democratic Theory: A Critical Introduction (authored with D. Bray, 2015), Democracy and Crisis: Democratising Governance in the Twenty-First Century (co-edited with B. Isakhan, 2014), Globalisation and Citizenship: The Transnational Challenge (co-edited with Wayne Hudson, 2007) and Liberty Beyond Neo-liberalism: A Republican Critique of Liberal Governance in a Globalising Age (2005). He has authored more than 30 articles and chapters in journals such as the Review of International Studies, Global Policy, Global Constitutionalism and Global Summitry. His research interests focus on globalisation and global governance, with a particular interest in political theory, transnational activism and the G20.
