MAPPING THE NEW WORLD ORDER

• Systematically traces similarities and differences between the institutional architecture of the Cold War and post-Cold War eras
• Examines the range of reasons why states join IGOs, identifies patterns of participation within these organizations, and examines the effects of membership on states
• Considers the impact of the EU on other regional organizations and developments outside Europe
• Provides a strong contribution to the study of international organization and IGO development combining both quantitative and qualitative methodologies

Zlatko Šabič is Professor of International Relations at the University of Ljubljana and Senior Research Fellow at the Centre of International Relations.

Petra Roter is Assistant Professor of International Relations at the University of Ljubljana and Research Fellow at the Centre of International Relations. She is also GARNET Visiting Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation at the University of Warwick.

Andrea K. Gerlak is Director of Academic Development for the International Studies Association and Visiting Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Arizona.

About the Authors.

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 Problematizing the Benign: Conflict, IGOs, and the New World Order in the 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 Rodgers 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 BojinovićFenko).

9 Conclusions (Thomas J. Volgy, Zlatko Šabič, Petra Roter, Andrea K. Gerlak, Elizabeth Fausett, Keith A. Grant, and Stuart Rodgers).

Index.