The G20 is dead as a crisis or steering committee

Long live the G20 as hybrid focal point

Bibliographic Data

ID5725474
AuthorsAndrew F Cooper (0000-0003-2195-4367, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume26
Issue4
Pages505-520
Publication date2019-10-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSouth African Journal of International Affairs (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1022-0461 • E-ISSN: 1938-0275
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10220461.2019.1699855
OpenAlexW3000382717
LanguageEN
Citations received10

The G20 as experienced via the 2008 global financial crisis is dead. That is to say, examining the G20 as a tightly controlling concert of powers is no longer relevant. Yet, this ending does not mean that the G20 is irrelevant. The G20's increased fragmentation has cut into its substantive performance. Tensions in national policy coordination have constrained institutional effectiveness, creating a high degree of fragility in terms of delivery. This line of argument highlighting the limits and constraints of the G20, however, overlooks the success of the G20 in embedding itself as a hybrid focal point for global politics. Teasing out this dynamic, this article profiles the changes with respect to the G20's shift from both a crisis and steering committee at the apex of power to a platform that exhibits some hub characteristics but facilitates networking at both the intergovernmental and state or societal transnational levels

Cardinal point · Economic system · Economics · Focal point · Fragility · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Engineering · Global Financial Crisis and Policies · Global Financial Regulation and Crises · International Development and Aid · Law

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