International regulation without international government: Improving IO performance through orchestration

Review of International Organizations

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 315-344

  Abbott, Kenneth W ^a   Snidal, Duncan ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Governance Triangle; International organizations; New governance; Non state actors; Public private partnerships; Regulation; Regulatory standard setting; Standard setting; Transnational new governance; Transnational relations; UNEP

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956489655     PISSN: 15597431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11558-010-9092-3     Document Type: Article

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