ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the impact of the growth of multilateral and transnational governance on sovereignty and the diffusion of political authority. It explores the legacy of World War II and the building of the UN system. The titanic struggles of World Wars I and II led to a growing acknowledgment that the nature and process of global governance would have to change if the most extreme forms of violence against humanity were to be outlawed, and the growing interconnectedness and interdependence of countries recognized. The chapter examines the rise of intergovernmentalism and transnational governance arrangements and assesses some of the leading changes in the post-war global politics landscape. A number of trends can be identified within the changed landscape of world politics. The diverse forms of global governance produce equally diverse regulation that is intended to shape the behavior of states. The chapter explores the issues in greater depth across two cases: security and the environment.
