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Between 1995 and the present day, the world has undergone significant advances in international law, norms, and institutions. Progress was particularly intense in the fields of global environment, human security, cultural diversity, and human rights. This book reveals the key role played by the European Union, Japan, and Canada in this process.

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Preface Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Introduction: Minervian Actors and the Paradox of Post-1995 Global Institution-Building; Y.Tiberghien PART I: MINERVIAN SETTINGS Varieties of Minervians: Scorecards and Patterns; Y.Tiberghien The European Union as a Minervian Actor in Global Institution Building; I.Manners Canada´s Minervian Moment - Global Activism and Domestic Politics; K.R.Nossal PART II: THE COMPETITIVE MODE The UNESCO Declaration of Cultural Diversity; J.Chan International Accounting Standards; N.Véron PART III: THE NORMATIVE MODE The Ottawa Process: Domestic Interests, Transnational Civil Society, and State Identity; P.Flowers The Resilience of CITES Regime and Diffused Normative Community; I.Sakaguchi Minerva´s Allies: States, Secretariats, and Individuals in the Emergence of the Responsibility to Protect Norm; K.Coleman The Battle over the Peace-building Norm after the Iraq War; D.Higashi PART IV: THE POLITICAL LEADERSHIP MODE Minervian Politics and International Chemicals Policy; H.Selin Enough Rope: the Role of Minervian Actors in Establishing the International Criminal Court; J.Lee 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; E.Feditchkina PART V: CONCLUSION The End of the Minervian Moment; Z.Laidi Successes and Limits of the Minervian Moment; Y.Tiberghien References Index

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The post-Cold War order is unique in the history of world politics for having a hegemon generally unwilling or unable to lead. Who else has tried? When did they succeed, and when did they fail? What explains the difference? This fascinating collection offers a fresh perspective on these important questions. Theoretically creative and empirically rich, it helps us understand the patchy recent history of governance innovation better than any work to date.

David Welch, CIGI Chair of Global Security, Balsillie School of International Affairs and Professor of Political Science, University of Waterloo, Canada

A fine analysis of the institution-building process under way at global level, by a range of highly qualified authors. A must-read for those who want to make sense of the transformations of global governance since the turn of the century.

Renaud Dehousse, Jean Monnet Professor of EU Law and Politics, Director of the Centre d´études européennes, Sciences Po, Paris, France

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Yves Tiberghien is Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of British Columbia, Canada.

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