The signature feature of twenty-first-century international cooperation is arguably not the
regime but the regime complex. A regime complex is an array of partially overlap** and …

The discipline of political science has developed an active research program on the
development, operation, spread, and impact of international legal norms, agreements, and …

The institutions of global governance have changed dramatically in recent years. New
organizational forms—including informal institutions, transgovernmental networks, and …

Drawing on evolutionary epistemology, process ontology, and a social-cognition approach,
this book suggests cognitive evolution, an evolutionary-constructivist social and normative …

There has been a prolific amount of scholarship regarding the use of" hard" and" soft" law in
international governance. This law and social science literature assesses the relative …

The increasing density of international regimes has contributed to the proliferation of overlap
across agreements, conflicts among international obligations, and confusion regarding what …

The renaissance in the theoretical analysis of intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) has
focused on formal IGOs (FIGOs), but many IGOs are subject to no formal treaty and/or have …

In recent years, regulation has emerged as one of the most distinct and important fields of
study in the social sciences, both for policy-makers and for scholars who require a …

Provides an analytical framework for assessing the impact of NGOs on intergovernmental
negotiations on the environment and identifying the factors that determine the degree of …

The EU is a formidable power in trade. Structurally, the sheer size of its market and its more
than forty-year experience of negotiating international trade agreements have made it the …