Providing an introduction to the World Economic Forum (WEF), this book explores aspects of the WEF and highlights contemporary issues and debates in international studies. It shows how the WEF differs from other global institutions in several key respects

In an age of transnational firms, global civil society organisations and multilateral institutions of global governance, the traditional approach to understanding diplomacy as consisting of a dialogue between representatives of nation-state governments conducted largely behind closed doors is no...