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Any explanation of governance is based on a worldview. The premise of this book is that any worldview can be associated with one of the four broad paradigms: functionalist, interpretive, radical humanist, and radical structuralist. This chapter takes the case of governance and discusses it from the four different viewpoints. It emphasizes that the four views expressed are equally scientific and informative; they look at the phenomenon from their certain paradigmatic viewpoint; and together they provide a more balanced understanding of the phenomenon under consideration.
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For this literature see Alter and Meunier (2009), Breitmeier et al. (2006), Diamond (1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2008), Do Amaral (2010), Doyle (1983, 1999), Drezner (2009), Frederick (1993), Fukuyama (1992), Haas (1958, 1964, 1990), Haas and Schmitter (1964), Held and McGrew (2002), Karatnycky (1999), Kindleberger (1969), Koivisto (2010), Long (1995), Mitrany (1943), Ohmae (1990), Reinecke (1997), and Schumpeter (1976). This section is based on Diamond (2003).
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For this literature see Brown (1995), Carr (1981), Gilpin (1981, 2005), Held and McGrew (2002), Hirst (2001), Hirst and Thompson (1999), Huntington (1993), Keohane (1986, 1990, 1998), Keohane and Nye (1977), Krasner (1983, 1995, 2011), Low (1997), McNeill (1977), Montgomery and Sagan (2009), Morgenthau (1948), Spiro (1999), Waltz (1979, 1999), Weiss (1998), and Wolf (1999). This section is based on Waltz (1999).
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For this literature see Archibugi (1995), Archibugi and Held (1995), Archibugi et al. (1998), Bobbio (1988), Burnheim (1985, 1986), Connolly (1991), Cox (1993, 1997, 1999), Cox and Sinclair (1996), Deudney (1998), Dryzek (1990, 1995, 2000), Ekins (1992), Falk (1992, 1995a, b, 1999), Gill (1995, 1996, 1997, 1998), Held (1987, 1991,1993, 1995a, b, 2010), Held and McGrew (2002), Held et al. (1999), Hobsbawm (1994), Kant (1795), Korten (1995), Linklater (1996), McCarthy (2011), McGrew (1997, 2002), Mittelman (1996), Murphy (2005), Neumann and Sending (2010), Patomaki (2000, 2010, 2011), Robinson (1996a, b), Rosenau (1997), Rosenberg (1994), Sakamoto (1997), Sandel (1996), Shaw (1994), Sklair (2001), Thompson (1999), and Walker (1988, 1991). This section is based on Mittelman (1996).
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For this literature see Burnheim (1985, 1986, 1995), Callinicos et al. (1994), Coward (2005), Dryzek (1995), Duffield (2001), Falk (1987), Frank (1969), Gowan (2001), Held (1987), Held and McGrew (2002), Radice (2008), Scholte (2005), Walker (1988), and Wallerstein (1974, 1979, 1984, 1991, 2000, 2004, 2012). This section is based on Gowan (2001).
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Ardalan, K. (2019). Global Political Economy and Governance: Four Paradigmatic Views. In: Global Political Economy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10377-4_4
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