The Ashgate Research Companion to Non-State Actors

'A wide-ranging state of the art assessment by European and North American academics on non-state actors. The articles on IGOs, NGOs and TNCs are theoretically grounded and steeped in politics. A sophisticated addition to the topic, the book will guide future research.' Karen Mingst, University of Kentucky, USA 'One of the most comprehensive and thorough reference works available on the power, politics and impact of NGOs, IGOs and TNCs in world affairs. Reinalda has masterfully organized the contributions of over 40 of the world’s top scholars on the hottest topic in international relations today. No scholar, practitioner or serious student of international relations should be without this indispensable guide to the complex world of non-state actors.' James P. Muldoon, Jr., Rutgers University-Newark, USA 'The spread and influence of non-state actors in the international system keeps on growing. But they are poorly understood, as their diversity makes them elusive. This invaluable and comprehensive Research Companion, drawing on a wide range of expertise, reveals non-state actors in all their variety and sheds new light on their operation and impact.' Nicholas Bayne, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK ’This Ashgate Research Companion series is designed to provide up-to-date, state-of-the-art reviews of a topic and its associated important literature... Some 42 experts wrote 34 chapters, and the viewpoint is very internationally oriented, instead of being focused on just one country’s experiences. The chapters each have one further suggested reading, but there is a more extensive 65-page bibliography at the end of the collection for all of the works mentioned in the essays... This high-level work is not for the reference shelves, but instead belongs in the general circulating collection of university libraries. It will be of most use to policy specialists, academics, and graduate students. Faculty should be notified of its availa