Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-310) and index.

In search of global governance -- The classical school -- Peace plans, reformers, and realists : thinkers of the 17th to the 19th centuries -- Modern international theory and the idealist/realist debate -- International organization : from the world of ideas to the real world -- The architects of the international system : states, markets, and civil society -- The role of international organizations and the management of international change -- The "new world order" and the future of international organizations.

Annotation Muldoon (Center for Global Change and Governance, Rutgers U.) first traces the intellectual roots of institutions of global governance from ancient times and then describes the actual development of different forms and structures of international organizations. His hope is to place the topic of international organizations and their role in global governance into an evolutionary perspective. Annotation 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)