ABSTRACT

Featuring a diverse and impressive array of authors, this volume is the most comprehensive textbook available for all interested in international organization and global governance. Organized around a concern with how the world is and could be governed, 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 nonstate actors; and
  • examinations of key issues in all aspects of contemporary global governance.

The book’s 50 chapters are arranged into 7 parts and woven together by a comprehensive introduction to the field, separate section introductions designed to guide students and faculty, and helpful pointers to further reading. International Organization and Global Governance is a self-contained resource enabling readers to better comprehend 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 |2 pages

Part I Introduction

part |4 pages

Part II Contextualizing International Organization and Global Governance

part |6 pages

Part III Theories of International Organization and Global Governance

chapter 6|12 pages

REALISM

chapter 8|14 pages

NEOLIBERAL INSTITUTIONALISM

chapter 10|13 pages

CONSTRUCTIVISM

chapter 11|12 pages

CRITICAL THEORY

chapter 12|11 pages

CLASSICAL MARXISM

chapter 13|12 pages

FEMINISM

chapter 14|13 pages

POST-HEGEMONIC MULTILATERALISM

part |4 pages

Part IV States and International Institutions in Global Governance

chapter 15|14 pages

THE UN SYSTEM

chapter 16|13 pages

THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

chapter 17|15 pages

REGIONAL GOVERNANCE

chapter 18|14 pages

THE EUROPEAN UNION

chapter 20|13 pages

THE GLOBAL SOUTH

chapter 21|13 pages

US HEGEMONY

part |4 pages

Part V Non-state Actors in Global Governance

chapter 22|13 pages

UN–BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS

chapter 23|13 pages

CIVIL SOCIETY AND NGOS

chapter 24|14 pages

LABOR

chapter 25|11 pages

CREDIT RATING AGENCIES

chapter 27|13 pages

GLOBAL PHILANTHROPY

chapter 29|14 pages

TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL NETWORKS

part |4 pages

Part VI Securing the World, Governing Humanity

chapter 34|11 pages

HUMAN RIGHTS IN GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

chapter 38|12 pages

POST-CONFLICT PEACEBUILDING

part |4 pages

Part VII Governing the Economic and Social

chapter 40|13 pages

GLOBAL FINANCIAL GOVERNANCE

chapter 41|12 pages

GLOBAL TRADE GOVERNANCE

chapter 42|16 pages

GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GOVERNANCE

chapter 45|13 pages

CLIMATE CHANGE

chapter 46|14 pages

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

chapter 47|12 pages

POVERTY REDUCTION

chapter 48|12 pages

FOOD AND HUNGER

chapter 49|12 pages

GLOBAL HEALTH GOVERNANCE

chapter 50|11 pages

REFUGEES AND MIGRATION