Global Governance and Japan The Institutional Architecture

Global Governance and Japan examines the institutional mechanisms of governance at the global level and provides concrete evidence of the role Japan plays in these institutions. The main theoretical contribution of the volume is the analysis of how global governance actually works through the global institutional mechanisms of governance. It provides an up-to-date and contemporary analysis of the six most important global institutions, namely:- The Group of 7/8- The Organisationfor Economic Cooperation and Development- The World Bank- The International Monetary Fund- The World Trade Organization- The United NationsLeading specialists from Europe and Japan provide a thorough and accessible discussion on Japan's role within these institutions and use supporting case studies to ask whether Japan is reactively or proactively involved in trying to shape these institutions in order to promote its own interests. At a time when the question of how the world is governed is of critical concern to policymakers and specialists alike, this book illuminates concretely how the institutional mechanisms of global governance are actually governing the world in the early twenty-first century.Written clearly and concisely this book will be an invaluable resource for undergraduates and scholars with an interest in global governance, Japanese politics and political economy.Hook, Glenn D. is the author of 'Global Governance and Japan The Institutional Architecture', published 2007 under ISBN 9780415424004 and ISBN 0415424003.