Global Studies: Volume 2: Process and Governance

Since the 1950s, globalization has been an increasingly irresistible trend and one that has exerted a tremendous impact on the political, economic, military, environmental, and social fortunes of mankind – and yet, existing theories in humanities and social sciences have been fundamentally built upon the traditional “nation-state” model. These two volumes, a pioneering work on global studies to be published out of China, aim at creating a new theoretical framework against the backdrop of globalization.

This volume discusses globalization on the supranational level. The editors reveal the complexity of global studies by examining the multi-level and multi-dimensional nature of globalization, analyzing processes and systems of global society against the backdrop of globalization, and exploring the construction of a stable and rational global order.

These two volumes are an essential reference for scholars and students in politics, economics, international relations, and law.

Tuo Cai, Ph.D., is professor, doctoral tutor, director of the Institute of Globalization and Global Issues (IGGI) iat the China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL), and vice president and academic committee director of the National Institute of International Political Studies of Universities and Colleges. His main research areas include global studies and international relation theory; his main research issues focus on globalization, global governance, and cosmopolitanisms.

Zhenye Liu is professor and deputy director of the IGGI at the CUPL. His main research areas include global governance and international relations theory, international organizations and institutions, NGOs and global civil societies, global issuse, and global politics.