Smart Governance: Governing the Global Knowledge Society

ISBN-13: 9783593382531 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 250 str.

Helmut Willke

Opis

In the wake of globalization, national governments are becoming increasingly interdependent, and knowledge is arguably becoming the most valuable form of capital. Helmut Willke s "Smart Governance" offers a new perspective on global governance from the vantage point of a global knowledge society.

Employing a case study of the global financial system and an analysis of several governance regimes, Willke contends that markets, legal systems, and morality must evolve to cope with uncertainty, build capacities, and achieve resilience."Smart Governance"will change the way economists, historians, and political scientists view international cooperation.

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Spis treści

Table of Contents
1 Introduction 7

2 A concept of governance 10
2.1 Prerequisites for governance11
2.2 Communication and governance25
2.3 The emergence of governance29

3 Governing the knowledge society34
3.1 Governing knowledge work36
3.2 Governing the intelligent organization40
3.3 A governance regime for the knowledge economy43

4 A matrix of globality52
4.1 Nation states and sovereignty53
4.2 The self-governance of lateral world systems55
4.3 A global society?60

5 Varieties of global governance regimes 65
5.1 A global market regime66
5.2 A global normative regime83
5.3 A global moral regime99
5.4 A global knowledge regime108

6 Case study: the governance of global finance130
6.1 Money as medium: language, communication, and symbols134
6.2 Capital as medium: the language of investments149
6.3 The temporal construction of capital: options and futures 151
6.4 Autonomy and resilience163

7 Elements of smart governance165
7.1 Governing complex systems165
7.2 Coping with uncertainty174
7.3 Building competencies178
7.4 Achieving resilience181

8 Consequences for global governance185
8.1 Convergence of knowledge society and world society187
8.2 Governing complex systems: a global perspective194

Abbreviations208

Bibliography209

O autorze

Helmut Willke ist Professor für Staatstheorie und Global Governance an der Universität Bielefeld.