State, Globalization and Multilateralism

Table of Contents.- List of Acrnyms.- Introduction; Mario Telò.- 1. State and multilateralism: system change, diversities and challenges.- State and Multilateralism: History and Perspectives; Mario Telò.- State, Regionalism and global governance: the theoretical debate from the opening of the Berlin wall to the economic crisis; Andrew Gamble.- Economic Multilateralism: A Search for Legitimacy and Coherence in the 21st Century; Richard Higgot.- International Responsibility, Multilateralism and China Foreign Policy; Chen Zhinim.- 2. Globalization and the Transformation of the State: The Theoretical Debate.- The State and Political Economic Change: Beyond Rational Choice and Historical Institutionalism to Discursive Institutionalism; Vivien A. Schmidt.- Globalization, Regionalization and Stateness; Thomas Meyer.- The Rise of Executive Sovereignty in the Era of Globalization; Andreas Vasilache.- Conclusion, State and New Multilateralism in a Multipolar World; Mario Telò.- Bibliography.