Leadership in Global Institution Building: Minerva’s Rule

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Introduction: Minervian Actors and the Paradox of Post-1995 Global Institution Building....Pages 1-22
Front Matter....Pages 23-23
Varieties of Minervians: Scorecards and Patterns....Pages 25-32
The European Union as a Minervian Actor in Global Institution Building....Pages 33-48
Canada’s Minervian Moment: Global Activism and Domestic Politics....Pages 49-64
Front Matter....Pages 65-65
UNESCO versus the World Trade Organization: Will Cultural Diversity Trump Free Trade?....Pages 67-88
A Double-Entry Minervian Case: The Battle over International Accounting Standards....Pages 89-108
Front Matter....Pages 109-109
The Ottawa Process: Domestic Interests, Transnational Civil Society, and State Identity....Pages 111-130
The Resilience of CITES Regime and Diffused Normative Community....Pages 131-149
Minerva’s Allies: States, Secretariats, and Individuals in the Emergence of the Responsibility to Protect Norm....Pages 150-169
The Battle of the Peacebuilding Norm after the Iraq War....Pages 170-189
Front Matter....Pages 191-191
Minervian Politics and International Chemicals Policy....Pages 193-212
Enough Rope: The Role of Minervian Actors in Establishing the International Criminal Court....Pages 213-231
The Last Call for the Minerva’s Owl: The Politics of the 11th Hour in Negotiating the Nagoya Protocol at the CBD COP 10 Meeting....Pages 232-249
Front Matter....Pages 251-251
The End of the Minervian Moment....Pages 253-259
Successes and Limits of the Minervian Moment....Pages 260-269
Back Matter....Pages 270-301