The global politics paradigm: guide to the future or only the recent past?

IF 2.2 1区社会学 Q1 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS International Theory Pub Date : 2020-12-28 DOI:10.1017/S1752971920000445

R. Keohane

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Abstract Michael Zürn's A Theory of Global Governance is a major theoretical statement. The first section of this essay summarizes Zürn's argument, pointing out that his Global Politics Paradigm views contestation as generated endogenously from the dilemmas and contradictions of reflexive authority relationships. Authoritative international institutions, he maintains, have difficulty maintaining their legitimacy in a world suffused with democratic values. The second section systematically compares Zürn's Global Politics Paradigm with both Realism and Cooperation Theory, arguing that the three paradigms have different scope conditions and are therefore as much complementary as competitive. The third section questions the relevance of Zürn's argument to contemporary reality. Great power conflict and authoritarian populism in formerly democratic countries generate existential threats to multilateralism and global institutions that are more serious than Zürn's legitimacy deficits.

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全球政治范式:指导未来还是仅仅是最近的过去?

摘要迈克尔·Zürn的《全球治理理论》是一部重要的理论著作。本文的第一部分总结了Zürn的论点，指出他的全球政治范式认为争论是由反射性权力关系的困境和矛盾内生的。他坚持认为，在一个充满民主价值观的世界里，权威国际机构很难保持其合法性。第二部分系统地比较了Zürn的全球政治范式与现实主义和合作理论，认为这三种范式具有不同的范围条件，因此既具有互补性，又具有竞争性。第三部分质疑Zürn的论点与当代现实的相关性。前民主国家的大国冲突和独裁民粹主义对多边主义和全球机构构成了生存威胁，比Zürn的合法性赤字更为严重。

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International Theory Multiple-

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