Effective Governance Under Anarchy

Tanja A. Börzel is professor of political science and holds the chair for European Integration at the Otto Suhr Institute of Political Science, Freie Universität Berlin. She is the author of Why Noncompliance: The Politics of Law in the European Union (Cornell, 2020) and co-editor of The Oxford Handbook of Governance and Limited Statehood (2018). Thomas Risse holds the chair of international relations at the Otto Suhr Institute of Political Science, Freie Universität Berlin. He is co-editor of The Oxford Handbook of Governance and Limited Statehood (2018) and of The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Regionalism (2016).

'This superb book explores the dimensions of public-private collaborations in politics, and in how this and other relationships lead to the emergence of local and global governance at new levels and in new forms. Locating this exploration firmly in the empirical as well as theoretical, this book offers a compelling critique and alternative to mainstream social science approaches. By focusing on the dynamics of cooperation that spans state and societal, and national and international boundaries, the two authors provide a novel approach to understanding the evolution of the international system. This will be a book that others will have to address, a soon-to-be classic in the field of international relations, as well as in comparative politics for its emphasis on the diverse forms of governance in areas of limited state authority.' William Reno, Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Northwestern University

• 1. Introduction: the world is not Denmark!; Part I. Setting the Stage: Concepts and Theories: 2. Areas of limited statehood and governance: concepts and measurements; 3. Theorizing governance in areas of limited statehood; Part II. Governance in Areas of Limited Statehood: Empirical Evidence: 4. Who, why, and how? actors and modes of governance; 5. Security; 6. Human rights, rule of law, and democracy; 7. Welfare; 8. Conclusions; 9. References.