The origins of informality : why the legal foundations of global governance are shifting, and why it matters / Charles B. Roger.
Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)Content type: text | still image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780190947996 (ebook) :Subject(s): International organization
| International agencies | Globalization -- Economic aspects | World politics -- 21st centuryAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780190947965DDC classification: 341.2 LOC classification: JZ1318 | .R634 2020Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: This work explores the phenomenon of informal international organizations. These bodies are involved in governing many of the most important issues the world currently faces, and differ significantly from the highly legalized, formal organizations the world has traditionally relied on. But despite their evident importance, they remain poorly understood. This text develops a new approach to thinking about these puzzling institutions, presents new data revealing their extraordinary growth over time, and develops a novel theory about why states are creating them.
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Also issued in print: 2020.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This work explores the phenomenon of informal international organizations. These bodies are involved in governing many of the most important issues the world currently faces, and differ significantly from the highly legalized, formal organizations the world has traditionally relied on. But despite their evident importance, they remain poorly understood. This text develops a new approach to thinking about these puzzling institutions, presents new data revealing their extraordinary growth over time, and develops a novel theory about why states are creating them.
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