The Institutional Infrastructure of Global Governance

Abstract

The political institutions of the global polity are an overwhelmingly large and complex issue to address. In Robert O. Keohane’s terminology it contains a multitude of organizations, regimes, i.e. explicit n.xles, and conventions in the sociological sense of the word (Keohane 1989, pp. 3–4). In the aspects of statehood terminology introduced in Chapter 4 the institutions of global governance include an ensemble of structured arenas and decision-making fora, institutional actors, operational organizations that perform policy functions, and the more or less formalized and legalized procedures for their interactions.