Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ch. 1. Introduction / Brian Frederking and Paul F. Diehl -- Pt. 1. Overview -- Ch. 2. Identifying Formal International Organization / T.J. Volgy et al. -- Ch. 3. Why States Act Through Formal International Organizations / K.W. Abbott and D. Snidal -- Pt. 2. Decision making -- Introduction to Part 2 / Brian Frederking and Paul F. Diehl -- Ch. 4. Myths of Membership: The Politics of Legitimation in UN Security Council Reform / I. Hurd -- Ch. 5. Transnational Advocacy Networks in International and Regional Politics / M.E. Keck and K. Sikkink -- Pt. 3. Peace and security affairs -- Introduction to Part 3 / Brian Frederking and Paul F. Diehl. Ch. 6. Demanding Peace: The Impact of Prevailing Conflict on the Shift from Peacekeeping to Peacebuilding / A. Balas et al. -- Ch. 7. "The Responsibility to Protect": Humanitarian Concern and the Lawfulness of Armed Intervention / C.C. Joyner -- Ch. 8. Targeting the Right Targets? The UN Use of Individual Sanctions / P. Wallensteen and H. Grusell -- Ch. 9. A Tale of Two Institutions: The UN Security Council and the International Criminal Court /
R. Aloisi -- Pt. 4. Economic issues --
Introduction to Part 4 / Brian Frederking and Paul F. Diehl -- Ch. 10. International Norm Dynamics and the "End of Poverty": Understanding the Millennium Development Goals / S. Fukuda-Parr and D. Hulme -- Ch. 11. The Regime Complex for Food Security: Implications for the Global Hunger Challenge / M.E. Margulis -- Ch. 12. Providing a Release Valve: The US-China Experience with the WTO Dispute Settlement System / K.J. Castel-Fodor -- Ch. 13. The Financial Crisis, Contested Legitimacy, and the Genesis of Intra-BRICS Cooperation / O. Stuenkel -- Ch. 14. The Financial Crisis, Contested Legitimacy, and the Genesis of Intra-BRICS Cooperation / O. Stuenkel -- Ch. 15. Is the EU Collapsing? / W.J. Thies -- Pt. 5. Social and humanitarian issues -- Introduction to Part 5 / Brian Frederking and Paul F. Diehl -- Ch. 16. The Promise and Challenge of Global Network Governance: The Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network / C. Ansell et al. -- Ch. 17. Order Out of Chaos: Public and Private Rules for Managing Carbon / J.F. Green -- Ch. 18. Global Human Rights Monitoring, New Technologies, and the Politics of Information / P. Alston and C. Gillespie. Ch. 19. Trafficking of Women: Norms, Realities, and Challenges / R. Manjoo. Pt. 6. International organizations and the future -- Ch. 20. Reforming the United Nations: Lessons from a History of Progress / E.C. Luck.