ABSTRACT

Completely revised and updated for the second edition, this textbook continues to offer the most comprehensive resource available for all interested in international organization and global governance.

The book offers:

  • In-depth and accessible coverage of the history and theories of international organization and global governance.
  • Discussions of the full range of state, intergovernmental, and non-state actors.
  • Examinations of key issues in all aspects of contemporary world politics.

New additions to this edition include:

  • New and revised chapters on theories of international organization and global governance.
  • New substantive chapters on global corporations, China, financial markets, terrorist organizations, governing global energy, and the Internet.
  • Updated contributions to reflect the changing nature of world politics.

The book comprises fifty-four chapters arranged in seven parts and woven together by a comprehensive introduction to the field, along with separate introductions to each part to guide students and faculty, and helpful pointers to further reading.

International Organization and Global Governance is a self-contained resource enabling readers to comprehend more fully the role of myriad actors in the governance of global life as well as to assemble the many pieces of the contemporary global governance puzzle.

part I|19 pages

Introduction

part II|70 pages

Contextualizing International Organization and Global Governance

part III|127 pages

Theories of International Organization and Global Governance

chapter 6|12 pages

Realism

chapter 8|12 pages

Liberal institutionalism

chapter 9|11 pages

Rational choice

From principal—agent to orchestration theory

chapter 10|11 pages

Constructivism

chapter 11|13 pages

Critical theory

chapter 12|10 pages

Marxism

chapter 13|13 pages

Feminism

chapter 14|12 pages

Post-structuralism

chapter 15|13 pages

Decoloniality

(Re)making worlds

part IV|117 pages

States and International Institutions in Global Governance

chapter 16|13 pages

The UN system

chapter 17|14 pages

The UN General Assembly

chapter 19|15 pages

The European Union

chapter 21|12 pages

The Global South

chapter 22|14 pages

US hegemony

chapter 23|11 pages

China and global governance

part V|113 pages

Non-State Actors in Global Governance

chapter 24|10 pages

Global corporations

chapter 25|14 pages

Civil society and NGOs

chapter 26|14 pages

Labor

chapter 27|12 pages

Credit rating agencies

chapter 29|15 pages

Global philanthropy

chapter 31|13 pages

Transnational criminal networks

part VI|136 pages

Securing the World, Governing Humanity

chapter 34|14 pages

Weapons of mass destruction

chapter 36|12 pages

Human rights

chapter 40|15 pages

Post-Conflict peacebuilding

part VII|168 pages

Governing the Economic and Social World

chapter 42|12 pages

Global financial governance

chapter 43|13 pages

Global trade governance

chapter 44|14 pages

Global development governance

chapter 47|12 pages

Climate change

chapter 48|14 pages

Sustainable development governance

chapter 49|13 pages

Global energy governance

chapter 50|13 pages

Poverty reduction

chapter 51|12 pages

Food and hunger

chapter 52|13 pages

Global health governance

chapter 53|12 pages

Refugees and migrants

chapter 54|11 pages

Global Internet governance