Completely revised and updated, this textbook continues to offer the most comprehensive resource available. Concise chapters from a diverse mix of established and emerging global scholars offer accessible, in-depth coverage of the history and theories of international organization and global governance and discussions of the full range of state, intergovernmental, and non-state actors. All chapters have been revised and rewritten to reflect the rapid development of world events, with new chap...

A revised and updated introduction to the 8th edition of this classic text covers the election of the ninth Secretary-General, António Guterres; the burgeoning of “new nationalisms” worldwide, including Trump and Brexit; and the continuing proliferation of such non-state actors as ISIS and those in the “third UN.”