The Commons and a New Global Governance

Samuel Cogolati, Jan Wouters (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

384 Seiten

2018
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78811-850-7 (ISBN)

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Given the new-found importance of the commons in current political discourse, it has become increasingly necessary to explore the democratic, institutional, and legal implications of the commons for global governance today. This book analyses and explores the ground-breaking model of the commons and its relation to these debates.

'Whereas the existing literature generally studies small-scale commons, this challenging book boldly - and successfully - engages in extrapolating this cooperation-based governance model to global resources. From democratic perspectives to institutional construction, its many contributions, written by prominent scholars in the field of commons or international law, critically introduce and renew the radical notion of commons and collective action by citizens, as vehicles for democratization, in global governance and international public law.'
- Séverine Dusollier, Sciences Po Law School, France

'Can we devise new systems of law and governance to support commons at the global level? This thoughtful collection of essays explores how we might address this vital challenge for humanity in the years ahead.'
- David Bollier, Schumacher Center for a New Economics, US

Given the new-found importance of the commons in current political discourse, it has become increasingly necessary to explore the democratic, institutional and legal implications of the commons for global governance today. This book analyses and explores the ground-breaking model of the commons and its relation to these debates.

Featuring original contributions from renowned scholars across the globe and analysis of Elinor Ostrom's fundamental work, this interdisciplinary book is organized into three main areas of inquiry: the commons as vehicles for the democratization of global governance, the role played by commons-based institutions in global governance and a more normative interrogation around what international law ought to look like to support the commons. Provocative and critical ideas about the current system of global governance act as a stimulus to explore further research and activism in the commons.

The first of its kind to offer a specific focus on the commons and global governance, this much-needed book will prove invaluable for academics in the humanities and social sciences including economists, political philosophers, political scientists and legal scholars. It will also appeal to policy-makers, concerned members of civil society and commons activists.

Contributors include: M. Bauwens, M. Beerkens, C. Boonen, N. Brando, J. Brunnée, S. Cogolati, C. Crombez, P. Dardot, T. De Moor, H. De Schutter, O. De Schutter, M. Deleixhe, T.R. Eimer, M. Groff, R. Hagen, S. Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen, U. Mattei, P. Sauvêtre, J. Wouters

Edited by Samuel Cogolati, PhD Fellow of the Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO), Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies and Institute for International Law, KU Leuven and Jan Wouters, Full Professor of International Law and International Organizations, Jean Monnet Chair ad personam EU and Global Governance and Director, Institute for International Law and Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, KU Leuven, Belgium

Contents:

Foreword
Michel Bauwens

Introduction
1. Democratic, Institutional and Legal Implications of the Commons for Global Governance
Samuel Cogolati and Jan Wouters

Part I Democratic Perspectives
2. What Democracy for the Global Commons ?
Pierre Dardot

3. Federal Commons
Nicolas Brando and Helder de Schutter

4. A (Non-)Violent Revolution? Strategies of Civility for the Politics of the Common
Christiaan Boonen

5. Forget Ostrom: From the Development Commons to the Common as Social Sovereignty
Pierre Sauvêtre

Part II Institutional Perspectives
6. Governance of the Global Commons: A Question of Supply and Demand, the Answer of Polycentricism
Rutger Hagen and Christophe Crombez

7. The Rule of Law and Accountability – Exploring Trajectories for Democratizing Governance of Global Public Goods and Global Commons
Maja Groff and Sylvia Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen

8. Expropriation by Definition? Regime Complexes, Structural Power, and Global Public Goods
Thomas R. Eimer

9. Knowledge Commons and Global Governance of Academic Publishing
Maarja Beerkens

Part III Legal Perspectives
10. The Ecology of International Law: Towards an International Legal System in Tune with Nature and Community?
Ugo Mattei

11. From Eroding to Enabling the Commons: The Dual Movement in International Law
Olivier De Schutter

12. International Law to Save the Commons
Samuel Cogolati and Jan Wouters

13. Procedure and Substance in International Environmental Law and the Protection of the Global Commons
Jutta Brunnée

Part IV Conclusion
14. Is the Governance of the Commons a Model for a New Global Governance?
Martin Deleixhe

Afterword
Tine De Moor

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	08.02.2019
Reihe/Serie	Leuven Global Governance series
Verlagsort	Cheltenham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
ISBN-10	1-78811-850-2 / 1788118502
ISBN-13	978-1-78811-850-7 / 9781788118507
Zustand	Neuware