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The G20
Evolution, Interrelationships, Documentation

Copyright Year 2019

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This revised and updated edition presents detailed analysis of the history and current state of the G20, and the challenges it faces.

The emergence of the G20 was the consequence of calls for full inclusion of major developing and other systemically important countries and to reflect new global economical and political realities. The growth of Chinese power, growing significance of other major developing countries and new concerns concerning anti-globalization and rising protectionism in the West accept all resulted in of import changes to the dynamics of the institution. The break of Russia's membership in the G8 has also necessitated a change in G7/G20 dynamics and the G20'due south processes, agenda priorities and role in global governance. Providing a historical overview and analysis of the evolving calendar, methods of performance evaluation, relationship with structured international organizations and other external actors, Hajnal'south text is an authoritative work of history, analysis and reference on the G20 and besides G7/G8/G20 reform.

This book is an essential source for researchers and students focusing on the G20, international organizations and global governance, and more than more often than not for scholars in the fields of political science, economics, and finance.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Affiliate 1 - The Origins of the G20

Affiliate 2 - Members and Invitees, Summit Meetings, Agenda

Chapter 3 - The Evolving G20 System-

Chapter 4 - Relations with International Governmental Organizations

Chapter 5 - Relations with the Business organization Sector

Chapter 6 - Relations with Civil Society

Chapter 7 - Reforming the 'Gs': Proposals and Achievements, Interactions, Challenges

Affiliate 8 - Monitoring and Evaluating G20 Performance

Chapter 9 - G20 Documentation

Chapter 10 - Other Sources of Information

Conclusion

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Biography

Peter I. Hajnal is a Young man of Senior College; Research Associate, Munk School of Global Affairs; and Emeritus Librarian, all at the Academy of Toronto. He was Offshoot Professor, Faculty of Data, University of Toronto for eleven years, and was a librarian, specializing in international organization information, for over thirty years. He has been a member of the G7/G8/G20 Enquiry Groups since 1988; he attended 14 G7/G8/G20 summits every bit media contributor and was Library Advisor to the Research Groups for 24 years. He is too a member of the Academic Council on the Un System, the International Studies Association, the Union of International Associations and the American Library Clan. He served as consultant at the Un, in post-Yugoslavia Macedonia, in the Civil G8 project in 2006 in Russia, and in the Graham Library, Trinity College, University of Toronto.

Reviews

"This 2d edition of Peter Hajnal'south book is timely and welcome, as the G20 enters its second decade in increasingly turbulent times. Every bit always, his work is meticulous, authoritative, wise in its judgments and indispensable for all G20-watchers." - Sir Nicholas Bayne , KCMG, London School of Economic science and Political Science, UK.

"This book is the essential authoritative reference for all scholars, students and professionals seeking to sympathize the G20 and global governance as a whole at present. All should have a copy close at paw. It describes in conscientious particular the primal features and growth of the G20 equally an international institution and points to its centrality and effectiveness in today's complex, uncertain globe." - John Kirton, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto, Canada.

"Peter Hainal's book is an encyclopedia of the evolving G20 system. Information technology provides readers with a deep and comprehensive analysis of the G20'due south role in the system of global governance. The book is an essential reading for anyone seeking to understand breezy summit institutions and look into their future." - Dr. Marina Larionova, Russian Presidential University of National Economy and Public Administration, Moscow.

"Peter Hajnal has written an account of the G20 that is informative, comprehensive, authoritative and up-to-date. He traces the origins of the G20, describes its workings and human relationship to other inter- and non-governmental institutions, and offers an cess of its significance, accomplishments and shortcomings." - Ramesh Thakur, The Australian National Academy.

"Peter Hajnal is a rare scholar of the history of contemporary "society diplomacy". His piece of work on the G20 is uniquely knowledgeable and invaluable for the study of breezy cooperation between great powers." - Karoline Postel-Vinay, FNSP Research Professor, Sciences Po, France