Since 2007 the world has lurched from one crisis to the next. Therise of new powers, the collapse of our global financial system,the proliferation of nuclear weapons and crisis in the Eurozonehave led to a build up of risks that is likely to provoke a moregeneral crisis in our system of global governance if it cannot bemade fairer, more effective and accountable.In this book, nine leading scholars explore the fault lines andmounting challenges that are putting pressure on existinginstitutions, the ways in which we are currently attempting tomanage them - or failing to - and the prospects forglobal governance in the 21st century. In doing so, thecontributors offer a fresh look at one of the most important issuesconfronting the world today and they suggest strategies foradapting current institutions to better manage our mutualinterdependence in the future.Contributors include Ha-Joon Chang, Benjamin Cohen, Michael Cox,David Held, George Magnus, Robert Skidelsky, Robert Wade, MartinWolf and Kevin Young.