NEW HUMANISM AND GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

by Lijun Yang (Editor), Wei Shan (Editor)

Overview

New Humanism and Global Governance is the first in this subject to study how a variety of factors related to globalization will shape the future of the human community. It discusses the major challenges to today's world order and governance, as well as international experience in responding to these challenges. It covers a wide range of issues including unequal distribution of wealth, the widening income inequality gap, contradiction between economic development and environmental protection, the middle-income trap, de-globalization, democratic crisis, anti-immigration sentiments, nationalism, and radical extremism. It addresses these issues by emphasizing policy implications for governance.The chapters are selected papers from two international conferences jointly held by the Institute of Public Policy(IPP) at the South China University of Technology and UNESCO. Contributors from China, Europe and the US present their questions, observations, and analyses in a narrative and descriptive style which appeal to a wide range of audience.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789813236196
Publisher:	World Scientific Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date:	07/26/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	388
File size:	6 MB

Table of Contents

About the Editors v

Introduction: New Humanism and Global Governance xi

Part 1 Theory and New Perspective 1

Chapter 1 Sustainable Development and New Humanism Hans d'Orville 3

Chapter 2 New Humanism with Cultural Roots for the Anthropocene - A Confucian Perspective Chenyang Li 19

Chapter 3 The Impact of Political, Economic and Social Transitions on Order and Governance, Their Vulnerabilities and Predictabilities Hans d'Orville 33

Chapter 4 The Impact of Globalization on Political Order of Developed and Developing Countries Mehri Madarshahi 49

Chapter 5 Why Does Globalization Reverse? The Crisis of the Neoliberal Policy Paradigm Bai Gao 59

Part 2 Cultural Knowledge and Gender 103

Chapter 6 The Transformative Force of Culture in Sustainable Development: Innovative Approaches in Practice Helene George 105

Chapter 7 Governance, Knowledge and Crisis in the Developed World: The Use of Expertise in the 2008 Financial Meltdown John L. Campbell John A. Hall 131

Chapter 8 Copreneurship and Sustainable Development in Small Family Firms Under the Transitional Economy of Taiwan Yu-Hsia Lu 159

Part 3 Trade Market and Labor Force 187

Chapter 9 Market, State and Development Ramesh Thakur 189

Chapter 10 Global Value Chains and New Thinking on Trade and Industrial Policy Yuqing Xing 221

Chapter 11 Deconstructing Informality: A Response to Vulnerability or an Optimal Choice? Lina Song Simon Appleton Zhe Liang 243

Part 4 Party, Governance and the Rule of Law 269

Chapter 12 Governance in Post-Neoliberal Latin America: Lessons from Brazil, Peru and Venezuela Anthony Petros Spanakos 271

Chapter 13 The Rule of Law, Market Order and China's Party-State System Ning Wang 309

Chapter 14 The Party, Governance and Rule of Law in China Lance L. P. Gore 331

Index 355