Handbook on Global Governance and Regionalism

Edited by Jürgen Rüland, Professor Emeritus of International Relations, Department of Political Science, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg and Astrid Carrapatoso, Professor of Political Science and Didactics, Department of Political Science and History, University of Education Freiburg, Germany

This Handbook expertly explores the profound transformations in international relations in recent decades. Proliferating cross-border challenges, including global financial crises, climate change, environmental degradation, irregular migration, and COVID-19, require governance structures that transcend the nation state and take both global and regional interplay, as well as problem-solving capacities, into account. Contributing authors investigate the effectiveness of international cooperation and performance in a diverse range of policy fields.

‘This is the most impressive collection of essays on regionalism and global governance that I know. It is distinctive by bringing the work on global governance and different processes of regionalization together instead of juxtaposing them. The editors have done a marvelous job and the volume will remain a reference work for years to come.’
Michael Zurn,Berlin Social Science Center, Germany

‘Rüland and Carrapatoso have assembled a group of distinguished contributors for this comprehensive survey of regionalism in contemporary global governance. With sections on theorizing regionalism, global institutions, regionalism in most parts of the world, and regional cooperation on trade, finance, climate change, and security, this volume is certain to become the go-to collection for scholars in coming years.’
– John Ravenhill, University of Waterloo, Canada