Informal Governance in World Politics. Abbott, Biersteker 9781009180535 New**

Name: Informal Governance in World Politics. Abbott, Biersteker 9781009180535 New**
Brand: Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press

Informal Governance in World PoliticsAuthor(s): Kenneth W. Abbott, Thomas J. Biersteker\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781009180535, 978-1009180535\nSynopsis\nThroughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, cooperation among nations was based on international regimes and formal intergovernmental organizations. However, since the 1990s, informal modes of global governance, such as informal intergovernmental organizations and transnational public-private governance initiatives, have proliferated. Even within formal intergovernmental organizations, informal means of influence and informal procedures affect outcomes whilst, around all these institutions, even more informal networks shape agendas. This volume introduces and analyzes these three types of informality in governance: informality of, within, and around institutions. An introductory chapter traces the rise of informal governance and su.