Mapping the New World Order is a ground-breaking new study mapping the growth and development of the web of intergovernmental organizations. The book systematically traces similarities and differences between the institutional architecture of the Cold War and post-Cold War eras.

Preface. 1. In Search of the Post-Cold War World Order: Questions, Issues, and Perspectives (Thomas J. Volgy, Zlatko Šabič, Petra Roter, Elizabeth Fausett, and Stuart Rodgers). 2. Mapping the Architecture of the New World Order: Continuity and Change in the Constellation of Post-Cold War Formal Intergovernmental Organizations (Thomas J. Volgy, Keith A. Grant, Elizabeth Fausett, and Stuart Rodgers). 3. Accounting for the New World Order of FIGO Architecture and Its Effectiveness (Keith A. Grant, Thomas J. Volgy, Elizabeth Fausett, and Stuart Rodgers). 4. Intergovernmental Organizations and Interstate Conflict: Parsing Out IGO Effects for Conflict in Post-Communist Space (Elizabeth Fausett and Thomas J. Volgy). 5. The Correlates of Cooperative Institutions for International Rivers (Andrea K. Gerlak and Keith A. Grant). 6. Substituting for Democratization: A Comparative Analysis of Involvement in Regional Intergovernmental Organizations (Stuart Rogers and Thomas J. Volgy). 7. State Support for Human Rights Treaties (Petra Roter, Anuška Ferligoj and Andrej Mrvar). 8. The Mediterranean As A Region in the Making (Ana Bojinović). 9. Conclusions (Thomas J. Volgy, Zlatko Šabič, Petra Roter, Andrea Gerlak, Elizabeth Fausett, Keith A. Grant, and Stuart Rodgers). Index.

This groundbreaking study maps out and analyzes the development of a global intergovernmental (IGO) institutional architecture in the post World War II era. The rich network of organizations that emerged from the Cold War is systematically compared with the growing web of organizations of the post-Cold War period and its acceleration through the remainder of the twentieth century. Combining both quantitative and qualitative methodologies, the authors examine the range of reasons why states join intergovernmental organizations and the patterns of participation within these organizations, as well as the consequences of the new architecture for issues as diverse as conflict amelioration, human rights, and cooperation on natural resources. Ranging over the multifunctional web of global, inter-regional, regional, and sub-regional organizations, this book provides a major contribution to the study of international organization and IGO development.

‘In Mapping the New World Order, Thomas J. Volgy and his colleagues answer one of the central questions of contemporary politics: Has the constellation of intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) changed since the end of the Cold War – and if so, how? To answer this question, the authors draw upon new data and new methods to map the births, deaths, regional concentrations, memberships and effects of formal IGOs from the Cold War to the 2000s, revealing subtle changes but also remarkable continuity in the basic institutional architecture of the post-Cold War world. Essential reading for any student of global governance.’ –Mark A. Pollack, Temple University

Preface. About the Authors. 1. In Search of the Post-Cold War World Order: Questions, Issues, and Perspectives. 2. Mapping the Architecture of the New World Order: Continuity and Change in the Constellation of Post-Cold War Formal Intergovernmental Organizations. 3. Accounting for the New World Order of FIGO Architecture and Its Effectiveness. 4. Problematizing the Benign: Conflict, IGOs, and the New World Order in the Post-Communist Space. 5. The Correlates of Cooperative Institutions for International Rivers. 6. Substituting for Democratization: A Comparative Analysis of Involvement in Regional Intergovernmental Organizations. 7. State Support for Human Rights Treaties 8. The Mediterranean as a Region in the Making. 9. Conclusions. Index.