Globalization has led to an appreciation of a global politics beyond the control of nation-states and the traditional system of international relations. Global politics is characterized by a pluralization of governance mediated by a constant effort to establish shared norms of global public...

The rise of new global threats, which transcend nation-state boundaries, has challenged the way in which sovereignty and global governance is conceptualised. Today's global world is populated with both state and non-state auspices of governance who contest within a regulatory space. Within this...