Publisher Description

Sovereign nations share the international system with a host of non-statetransnational actors. Some of these entities have been created by statesthemselves, often as a result of the need to jointly solve a commonproblem, such as the United Nations. Other international entitiesare created when members of a society organize across traditionalnational boundaries to deal with a collective concern, such as AmnestyInternational or Oxfam. To understand and explain contemporary worldpolitics we need to consider these institutions, as key actors influencingissues of war and peace.Although transnational actors are not new on the world stage, the numberand type of these international entities expanded dramatically afterWorld War II. This set examines both the rise of these new transnationalactors and their effect on international politics and policies.Volume One: Causes - Why Do International Institutions Exist?Volume Two: Consequences - When, Where and Why InternationalInstitutions are EffectiveVolume Three: Types of Institutions - Security and EconomicVolume Four: Types of Institutions - Environment, Human Rights,International Courts, Multilateralism, Regionalism

Author Biography

Richard Steinberg is Professor of Economics, Philanthropic Studies, and Public Affairs at IUPUI. He coedited The Nonprofit Sector: A Research Handbook, 2nd Ed., coauthored Economics for Nonprofit Mangers, and was Co-President of ARNOVA from 1992-1994. His research focuses on determinants of giving and volunteering, the theory of nonprofit organizations, public policy, and nonprofit managerial economics.

Table of Contents

VOLUME 1: CAUSESCoordination Versus Prisoners′ Dilemma: Implications for international cooperation and regimes - Duncan SnidalTheories and Empirical Studies of International Institutions - Lisa L. Martin and Beth A. SimmonsMultilateralism: The anatomy of an institution - John Gerard RuggieInternational Organization: A state of the art on an art of the state - Friedrich Kratochwil and John Gerard RuggieWorld Society and the Nation-State - John W. Meyer, John Boli, George M. Thomas and Francisco O. RamirezRegime Dynamics: The rise and fall of international regimes - Oran R. YoungIntroduction: Epistemic communities and international policy coordination - Peter M. HaasTransnational Advocacy Networks in International and Regional Politics - Margaret E. Keck and Kathryn SikkinkWhy States Act through Formal International Organizations - Kenneth W. Abbott and Duncan SnidalInterests, Power, and Multilateralism - Lisa L. Martin,Regimes and the Limits of Realism: Regimes as autonomous variables - Stephen D. KrasnerThe Demand for International Regimes - Robert O. KeohaneInternational Public Goods without International Government - Charles P. KindlebergerInternational Agreements: A rational choice approach - Jack L. Goldsmith and Eric A. PosnerThe False Promise of International Institutions - John J. MearsheimerVOLUME 2: CONSEQUENCES: WHEN, WHERE, AND WHY INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS ARE EFFECTIVEGlobal Communications and National Power: Life on the Pareto frontier - Stephen D. KrasnerCave! Hic Dragones: A critique of regime analysis - Susan StrangeThe Politics, Power, and Pathologies of International Organizations - Michael N. Barnett, and Martha FinnemoreSharing Sovereignty: New institutions for collapsed and failing states - Stephen D. KrasnerNorms and State Structure: UNESCO and the creation of state science bureaucracies - Martha FinnemoreInstitutional Conditions for Diffusion - David Strang and John W. MeyerThe Institutional Dynamics of International Political Orders - James G. March and Johan P. OlsenInternational Regimes, Transactions, and Change: Embedded liberalism in the postwar economic order - John Gerard RuggieIs the Good News about Compliance Good News about Cooperation? - George W. Downs, David M. Rocke, and Peter N. BarsoomDo Treaties Constrain or Screen? Selection bias and treaty compliance - Jana von SteinThe Origins of Human Rights Regimes: Democratic delegation in postwar Europe - Andrew MoravcsikVOLUME 3: TYPES OF INSTITUTIONS: SECURITY AND ECONOMICFrom Balance to Concert: A study of international security cooperation - Robert JervisNATO′s Functions after the Cold War - John S. DuffieldBeyond Anarchy: The importance of security institutions - David A. LakeNorms and Security: The case of international assassination - Ward ThomasThe Role of Multilateral Institutions in International Trade Cooperation - Giovanni MaggiThe New Wave of Regionalism - Edward D. Mansfield and Helen V. MilnerRegulatory Shift: The rise of judicial liberalization at the WTO - Judith L. Goldstein and Richard H. SteinbergThe Politics of Dispute Settlement Design: Explaining legalism in regional trade pacts - James McCall SmithAn Exclusive Country Club: The effects of the GATT on trade, 1950-94 - Joanne Gowa and Soo Yeon KimInstitutions in International Relations: Understanding the effects of the GATT and the WTO on world trade - Judith L. Goldstein, Douglas Rivers and Michael TomzInternational Law and State Behavior: Commitment and compliance in international monetary affairs - Beth SimmonsBalance-of-Payments Financing: Evolution of a regime - Benjamin J. CohenThe Political Economy of International Monetary Relations - J. Lawrence Broz and Jeffry A. FriedenVOLUME 4: TYPES OF INSTITUTIONS: ENVIRONMENT, HUMAN RIGHTS, INTERNATIONAL COURTS, MULTILATERALISM, REGIONALISMIntroduction: Legalization and world politics - Judith Goldstein, Miles Kahler, Robert O. Keohane and Anne-Marie SlaughterIn the Shadow of Law or Power? Consensus-based bargaining and outcomes in the GATT/WTO - Richard H. SteinbergEurope Before the Court: A political theory of legal integration - Anne-Marie Burley and Walter MattliLegalization, Trade Liberalization, and Domestic Politics: A cautionary note - Judith Goldstein and Lisa L. MartinFeminist Approaches to International Law - Hilary Charlesworth, Christine Chinkin and Shelley WrightThe Politics of International Regime Formation: Managing natural resources and the environment - Oran R. YoungRegime Design Matters: Intentional oil pollution and treaty compliance - Ronald B. MitchellWomen′s Rights, the European Court, and Supranational Constitutionalism - Rachel A. CichowskiThe Power of the European Parliament as a Conditional Agenda Setter - George TsebelisThe Justice Cascade: The evolution and impact of foreign human rights trials in Latin America - Ellen L. Lutz and Kathryn SikkinkIncomplete Internalization and Compliance with Human Rights Law - Ryan Goodman and Derek JinksReconstituting the Global Public Domain - Issues, Actors, and Practices - John Gerard RuggieLegitimacy and Authority in International Politics - Ian HurdGovernance in a Partially Globalized World - Robert O. Keohane

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