Product Description: In the wake of globalization, national governments are becoming increasingly interdependent, and knowledge is arguably becoming the most valuable form of capital. Helmut Willke’s Smart Governance offers a new perspective on global governance from the vantage point of a global knowledge society...read more

Product Description: The global finance system has been the subject of hot debate for several years. Major players such as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank have come under fire for their financial practices, while the role of epistemic authorities, including rating agencies, remains unclear...read more

Product Description: The prospects of global governance depend on reaffirming the separation of private morals and public interests against the allures of all fundamentalisms. This path-breaking book expounds the idea of a disenchanted world composed of nation states and global functional systems...read more

Product Description: ​Wozu benötigen gegenwärtige Nationalstaaten Einrichtungen des Regierens? Die Frage scheint naiv und trivial zu sein, aber der Anschein täuscht. Denn ob, und wenn ja, in welchem Umfang und in welchen Hinsichten Regieren notwendig sei, ist eine in den betroffenen Wissenschaften – von Philosophie über Politikwissenschaft und Soziologie bis zur Politischen Ökonomie – höchst umstrittene Frage...read more