Global multi-level governance; European and East Asian leadership.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

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Global multi-level governance; European and East Asian leadership.

Prado, Cesar de.

United Nations University Pr.

2007

275 pages

$34.00

Paperback

JZ1318

De Prado (U. of Tokyo, Japan, and U. of Salamanca, Spain) presents a framework for understanding global multi-level governance that focuses on how actors can sustain political, advisory, economic, and social multi-level governance. He focuses on how Europe and East Asia are leading the transformation of global governance into a multi-level system with flexible states and regional processes collaborating with dynamic knowledge actors. He presents four case studies that cover regional developments in Europe and East Asia, comparing them, and noting the global multi-level synergies. The activities of Track-1 public government actors advancing supranational political interaction and institution building is examined, followed by the role of policy think-tanks and similar advisory Track-2 actors, and Track-3 business and social actors who are helping to consolidate knowledge-based regional and global governance. Discussion of how governments are promoting regional economic cooperation and how global social change is sought through a transformation of higher education institutions is also presented. The book originated in doctoral research De Prado conducted at the European University Institute in Florence.

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