ÔThis volume provides a welcome overview of the diverse ways in which informal practices and norms shape policy in national states, the European Union, and int

The legal foundations of global governance are shifting. In addition to traditional instruments for resolving cross-border problems, such as treaties and formal

Global governance has come under increasing pressure since the end of the Cold War. In some issue areas, these pressures have led to significant changes in the

Characterizes the three distinct types of informal governance and provides a normative assessment of them.

Since the UN's creation in 1945 a vast nexus of global and regional institutions has evolved, surrounded by a proliferation of non-governmental agencies and adv