Philipp Dann (Humboldt University – Chair for Public and Comparative Law) has posted Cracks in Global Governance on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
We are experiencing the end of an era of global governance. Four supporting pillars of global governance have been shaken: its Eurocentrism, its market liberalism, the trust in expertocratic law and our unquestioned location in anthropocentrism. But these pillars, and with them the edifice of global governance, have not yet collapsed. On the contrary: law is slow, institutions are constant. What can be observed are cracks and a gradual metamorphosis of global governance.
This paper develops four perspectives to look at the cracks and metamorphosis: A North-South perspective, informed by postcolonial theory; a political economy perspective, examining the relationship between market and state; thirdly, an epistemic perspective, with which the interplay of law, politics and knowledge can be better understood. And finally, a political ecology perspective to address the relationship between humans and nature. These perspectives tap into the knowledge and discourses of various disciplines, which have in turn informed and shaped international law debates. In a sense, then, they help to decode international law debates as well.