Global Justice

Global Justice

Theories, Measurements and Rankings

This book provides a comprehensive framework for understanding and measuring global justice across nations. By integrating theoretical foundations with empirical assessment, it offers a pioneering approach that bridges the gap between abstract philosophical concepts and practical evaluation methods. The first part establishes the conceptual foundations of global justice, exploring its theoretical underpinnings, key principles, and methodological challenges. The second part applies this framework to ten critical global issues: climate change, peacekeeping, humanitarian aid, anti-terrorism and conflict, cross-national criminal police cooperation, refugees, anti-poverty efforts, education, public health, and the protection of women and children. Through rigorous analysis of these domains, the book constructs a novel Global Justice Index that ranks countries based on their contributions to global justice.

Intended for academics, policymakers, and students in international relations, political philosophy, and global governance, this volume combines theoretical depth with empirical rigor. It breaks new ground by moving beyond traditional state-centric approaches to international relations and offering instead a justice-centered perspective on global challenges. The book’s most significant contribution lies in its systematic quantification of global justice, providing a tool for assessment and comparison that can inform policy decisions and international cooperation efforts.

This book provides a comprehensive framework for understanding and measuring global justice across nations. By integrating theoretical foundations with empirical assessment, it offers a pioneering approach that bridges the gap between abstract philosophical concepts and practical evaluation methods. The first part establishes the conceptual foundations of global justice, exploring its theoretical underpinnings, key principles, and methodological challenges. The second part applies this framework to ten critical global issues: climate change, peacekeeping, humanitarian aid, anti-terrorism and conflict, cross-national criminal police cooperation, refugees, anti-poverty efforts, education, public health, and the protection of women and children. Through rigorous analysis of these domains, the book constructs a novel Global Justice Index that ranks countries based on their contributions to global justice.

Intended for academics, policymakers, and students in international relations, political philosophy, and global governance, this volume combines theoretical depth with empirical rigor. It breaks new ground by moving beyond traditional state-centric approaches to international relations and offering instead a justice-centered perspective on global challenges. The book’s most significant contribution lies in its systematic quantification of global justice, providing a tool for assessment and comparison that can inform policy decisions and international cooperation efforts.

Highlights

• The first comprehensive Global Justice Index that systematically quantifies and ranks countries' contributions Provides a groundbreaking approach to measuring global justice beyond traditional state-centric frameworks Offers a practical tool for international comparison and evidence-based decision-making in global governance

Über den Autor

Sujian Guo (Ph.D. in political science), an honorary professor of the Fudan Institute for Advanced Study in Social Sciences; Principal Investigator of Fudan IAS Global Justice Index, Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for US–China Policy Studies at San Francisco State University; former president of Association of Chinese Political Studies; Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Chinese Political Science, the Journal of Chinese Governance, the Fudan Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences, and the Chinese Political Science Review; Editor-in-Chief of Rowman & Littlefield-Lexington’s book series “Challenges Facing Chinese Political Development,” and Editor-in-Chief of Shanghai People’s Press book series of “China in Transition.” His research areas include comparative politics and Chinese politics, comparative political economy, Sino-US relations, sustainable energy and environment, democratic transition, and economic transition. He has published more than 80 academic journal articles, and authored and edited over 40 books, including Big Data and Social Sciences, Palgrave Handbook on Local Governance in Contemporary China, Governance in Transitional China; Political Science and Chinese Political Studies—The State of Field, The Political Economy of China’s Great Transformation; Global Sustainable Energy Competitiveness Report; Democratic Transitions: Modes and Outcomes; Chinese Politics and Government: Power, Ideology and Organization; The Political Economy of Asian Transition from Communism; among others.

Yanfeng Gu (Ph.D. in Social Sciences) is an associate professor and research fellow at the Fudan Institute for Advanced Study in Social Sciences (IAS-Fudan). He received his Ph.D. degree in social sciences at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. His primary fields are development economics, economic history, political economy, public administration, and social policy. His research interests include market integration, culture, social trust, and migration. His work has appeared in Journal of Economic History, Journal of Development Studies, Chinese Sociological Review, Journal of Chinese Political Science, Journal of Chinese Governance, Sociological Study (in Chinese), and other leading journals in area studies.