This study mobilizes classic and contemporary international relations theory to explain the causes of observed G20 governance, and on this basis offers some concluding predictions about its future course. In particular it offers an account grounded in the competitive dynamics among international institutions in a crowded world, rather than one based merely on the older model of forum-shopping among states in an anarchic system.

John J. Kirton University of Toronto, Canada

Part I Analysing G20 Governance; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The Systemic Hub Model of G20 Governance; Part II Generating the Group, 1999-2001; Chapter 3 Creating the Group, Berlin 1999; Chapter 4 Governing Globalization, Montreal 2000; Chapter 5 Combating Terrorism, Ottawa 2001; Part III Equalizing the Influence, 2002-2007; Chapter 6 Driving Development, New Delhi 2002 and Morelia 2003; Chapter 7 Bonding Berlin, Berlin 2004; Chapter 8 Capturing China, Xianghe 2005; Chapter 9 Strengthening Sustainability, Melbourne 2006 and Kleinmond 2007; Part IV Creating the Summit Club,2008-2010; Chapter 10 Soaring to the Summit, Washington 2008; Chapter 11 Containing Contraction, London 2009; Chapter 12 Institutionalizing Summitry, Pittsburgh 2009; Chapter 13 Containing the Eurocrisis, Toronto 2010; Part V Conclusion; Chapter 14 The Future of G20 Governance;