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G20 Since the Global criSiS jonathan luckhurSt G20 Since the Global Crisis Jonathan L uckhurst G20 Since the Global Crisis Jonathan Luckhurst University of Guadalajara Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico ISBN 978-1-137-55145-0 ISBN 978-1-137-55147-4 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-55147-4 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016936518 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2 016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifi cally the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfi lms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specifi c statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Cover Image © Tetra Images/Alamy Stock Photo Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Nature America Inc. New York A CKNOWLEDGMENTS Writing a book sometimes feels like a solitary struggle, but there are moments when friends and colleagues provide invaluable help. Several people have helped me to make this book possible. It began at a pre- arranged meeting with Brian O’Connor, former Political Science Editor at Palgrave Macmillan, New York. Fortunately we both were attending the International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Convention in Toronto, in March 2014. I would like to start by thanking him for his interest in my initial book proposal. I would also like to thank the anonymous reviewer of that proposal, who made very helpful suggestions that I have tried to incorporate in the text. Another important step was changing my institution soon after the book project was accepted by Palgrave Macmillan. I am grateful to my new employers and colleagues at the Center for North American Studies and the Department of Pacifi c Studies at the University of Guadalajara, especially Arturo Santa Cruz and Dagoberto Amparo Tello, who made me feel very welcome. Everyone has been very patient as I often disappeared in recent months to focus deeply on writing the book. Alhasan Haidar and Sergio Casillas Vázquez, both friends and colleagues with whom I worked formerly at Tecnológico de Monterrey, have been excellent companions in Guadalajara. We spent many lunch hours debating issues of international politics, often disagreeing but always enjoyable discussions. Thanks also to David J. Sarquís of Tec de Monterrey, for his kindness over the years; a friend and colleague with whom I have had many excellent conversations. These discussions with colleagues certainly encouraged me to question and reconsider some of my own ideas. It is also important to mention two v vi ACKNOWLEDGMENTS good friends from my studies at the University of Essex, Hernán Cuevas Valenzuela of Universidad de Chile and Hartmut Lenz of Soka University. They have both been crucial for the development of my ideas. Aspects of this book owe a lot to our discussions over more than a decade. In the same sense, I thank my doctoral supervisor at Essex, David Howarth, for being an important intellectual infl uence. I am very grateful to the people who helped directly with the book. Arturo Santa Cruz was very kind to volunteer to read some draft chap- ters. His suggestions were invaluable and I appreciate the time and effort taken to read my work. I also thank him for his advice and help in relation to my new academic position. Thank you to Berenice Calvillo Cortés, whose love and support helped me ‘survive’ the book-writing process. She helped a lot with some research tasks, making a signifi cant difference to the quality of the work. Thanks to Steve Price-Thomas of Oxfam, some- one with signifi cant experience of the G20 and especially the Civil Society 20 (C20). He very generously read a chapter, giving very useful feed- back and insights on the G20 outreach engagement process. My thanks to everyone I interviewed for the book, which provided a lot of useful mate- rial. It was very kind to give me so much of their valuable time, despite busy schedules. The conversations were useful, as well as interesting and enjoyable. Thank you to Hartmut Lenz, Thomas Legler of Universidad Iberoamericana, and Ralph Carter of Texas Christian University, for giving helpful feedback on conference papers or drafts that at least partially were integrated in the book. I have had the pleasure to meet and get to know some fellow G20 scholars in recent years, including Alan S. Alexandroff and John J. Kirton, both of the University of Toronto, Andrew F. Cooper of the University of Waterloo, and Steven Slaughter of Deakin University. My special thanks to Susan Harris Rimmer, of Griffi th University, who introduced me to several of these people and whom I have enjoyed get- ting to know. I am also grateful to my research assistant at the University of Guadalajara, Jessica Medina Hernández, who gathered a lot of data for this project. Of course none of these people are responsible for the con- tents of the book. Thank you Alexandra Dauler, Editor of Politics, Political Theory, and Public Policy at Palgrave Macmillan, New York, for your patience and efforts to make this book a success. Also I am grateful to Elaine Fan, Editorial Assistant at Palgrave Macmillan, who has been a great help. This book really is about one of the most important issues of today, which is how we respond to new circumstances in the post–global fi nancial c risis ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii world. Someone commented once that I seem to be interested in the really ‘big issues’, but international politics is also about the small stuff. If the world economy is underperforming, it indicates effects of many bad decisions, not simply monolithic, invisible forces. The G20 developed to meet the challenges of these uncertain times and has been useful, although there is room for improvement… I dedicate this book to my parents, Brian and Shirley Luckhurst. Jonathan Luckhurst Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico September 2015 C ONTENTS 1 Introduction: G20 Since the Global Crisis 1 2 Strategic Economic Effects of the GFC 23 3 Ideational and Normative Effects of the GFC 63 4 International Focus on the G20 101 5 G20 Hub for Global Governance 141 6 G20 Signifi cance for Members and Non-members 181 7 China–US Economic Cooperation as Antidote to Strategic Confl ict 215 8 Strategic Competition Probably Won’t Prevent G20 Cooperation 249 ix
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