Includes bibliographical references and index.

In search of the post-Cold War world order: questions, issues, and perspectives / Thomas J. Volgy [and others] -- Mapping the architecture of the new world order: continuity and change in the constellation of post-Cold War formal intergovernmental organizations / Thomas J. Volgy [and others] -- Accounting for the new world order of FIGO architecture and its effectiveness / Keith A. Grant [and others] -- Problematizing the benign: conflict, IGOs, and the new world order in the post-Communist space / Elizabeth Fausett and Thomas J. Volgy -- The correlates of cooperative institutions for international rivers / Andrea K. Gerlak and Keith A. Grant -- Substituting for democratization: a comparative analysis of involvement in regional intergovernmental organizations / Stuart Rodgers and Thomas J. Volgy -- State support for human rights treaties / Petra Roter, Anus̆ka Ferligoj, and Andrej Mrvar -- The Mediterranean as a region in the making / Ana Bojinović Fenko -- Conclusions / Thomas J. Volgy [and others].

This groundbreaking study maps out and analyzes the development of a global intergovernmental (IGO) institutional architecture in the post World War II era.: 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 in.

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