TY - JOUR
T1 - The promise and perils of theorizing international regime complexity in an evolving world
AU - Alter, Karen J.
N1 - Funding Information:
Family obligations precluded my participation in the workshops that generated this special issue. Thanks to Kal Raustiala, whose conversations about this special issue and this conclusion greatly shaped this contribution. Thanks to Robert Keohane, Tyler Pratt, and Randall Henning, Oliver Westwinter and Mette Eilstrup-Sangiovanni for their quick feedback.
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PY - 2022/4
Y1 - 2022/4
N2 - As the world becomes more complicated, so too does global governance. The political consequences of the rising density of institutions, policies, rules and strategies to address global phenomena has been a central focus of the scholarship on international regime complexity. This conclusion to a special issue grapples with the promise and perils of theorizing about international regime complexity in a constantly evolving world. It discusses the special issue contributions while uniting the different conversations about the increasingly complex global governance space we refer to as international regime complexity. The goal is to bridge existing debates about global governance, to expand the scholarly conversation by drawing from and better connecting to IR debates, and to ensure that we can address practical and pressing global governance challenges.
AB - As the world becomes more complicated, so too does global governance. The political consequences of the rising density of institutions, policies, rules and strategies to address global phenomena has been a central focus of the scholarship on international regime complexity. This conclusion to a special issue grapples with the promise and perils of theorizing about international regime complexity in a constantly evolving world. It discusses the special issue contributions while uniting the different conversations about the increasingly complex global governance space we refer to as international regime complexity. The goal is to bridge existing debates about global governance, to expand the scholarly conversation by drawing from and better connecting to IR debates, and to ensure that we can address practical and pressing global governance challenges.
KW - Complex systems
KW - International cooperation
KW - International organizations
KW - International relations theory
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U2 - 10.1007/s11558-021-09448-8
DO - 10.1007/s11558-021-09448-8
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85122661454
SN - 1559-7431
VL - 17
SP - 375
EP - 396
JO - Review of International Organizations
JF - Review of International Organizations
IS - 2
ER -