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This book explores how nationalism and multilateralism transform international society and global governance. It does so by comparing the governance model of the EU - a constitutionalised and increasingly polycentric form of multilateralism, with Northeast Asia.
List of contents
1. Introduction: Multilateralism under attack from nationalism 2. International society and the diffusion of power in complexity 3. Nationalism, multilateralism and institutions of International society 4. Critical junctures on the pathway to European integration 5. European integration or disintegration in an era of nationalism 6. From Confucianism to nationalism in North East Asia 7. China, Japan, Korea trilateral cooperation: No way to regionalism? 8. Financial crises in the EU and NE Asia 9. The EU, NE Asia and polycentric governance of climate change: Live and let die? 10. Nationalism, multilateralism and role relationships in international polycentric governance
About the author
Uwe Wissenbach studied at the London School of Economics, Mainz and Lille universities and was awarded his PhD in political science at the University of Duisburg-Essen. He is a career EU diplomat and a research associate at the Free University Brussel’s (ULB) Institute for European Studies.
Summary
This book explores how nationalism and multilateralism transform international society and global governance. It does so by comparing the governance model of the EU - a constitutionalised and increasingly polycentric form of multilateralism, with Northeast Asia.
