Reforming from the top : a Leaders' 20 Summit / edited by John English, Ramesh Thakur, and Andrew F. Cooper.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Reforming the international system from the top - a Leaders' 20 Summit / Andrew F. Cooper and John English -- Making change happen at the global level / Barry Carin and Gordon Smith -- Anticipating the future : a political agenda for global economic governance / Colin I. Bradford, Jr -- A Leaders' 20 Summit? / Angel Gurria -- Multilateralism and the limits of global governance / Richard Higgott -- Balancing act : Japan's strategy in global and regional financial governance / Saori N. Katada -- The political economy of dissent : global publics after Cancún / Daniel Drache -- Toward multilateral reform : the G20's contribution / John J. Kirton -- On sherpas and coolies : the L20 and non-brahmanical futures / Yoginder K. Alagh -- China's evolving global view / Yu Yongding -- Brazil's multiple forms of external engagement : foreign policy dilemmas / Ricardo U. Sennes and Alexandre de Freitas Barbosa -- South Africa, beyond the impasse in global governance / Ian Taylor -- The L20 and the restructuring of the international economic order : an Egyptian perspective / Abdel Monem Said Aly -- Government networks, world order, and the L20 / Anne-Marie Slaughter -- The L20 in the twenty-first century / Ramesh Thakur and Andrew S. Thompson.