CHRISTOPHER COKER Reader in International Relations, London School of Economics
WILLIAM D. COLEMAN Professor of Political Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
ARIEL COLONOMOS Research Fellow, CNRS (CERI) Paris and Lecturer, Institut d'Études Politiques
KATERINA DALACOURA Lecturer in International Relations, London School of Economics
MARK GALEOTTI Director of Organized Russian and Eurasian Crime Research Unit, Keele University
FRED HALLIDAY Professor of International Relations, London School of Economics
EVA ØSTERGAARD-NIELSEN Visiting Research Fellow, Department of International Relations, London School of Economics
IAN H. ROWLANDS Associate Professor, Department of Environment and Resource Studies, University of Waterloo, Ontario
DAVID RYALL Senior Research Associate, Von Hugel Institute, St Edmund's College, University of Cambridge
JULIE SMITH Head of the European Programme, Royal Institute of International Affairs, Centre of International Studies, Cambridge
DIANE STONE Reader in Political and International Studies, Warwick University
ANDREW WALTER Senior Lecturer, International Relations, London School of Economics

Growing interest - in academic and wider public debate - in transnational activities of non-state actors

Contributors cover a wide range of non-state actors - the church, multinational companies, trade unions, international crime - and offer many distinct areas of expertise

This collection emphasizes the diversity and political impact of the phenomenon of non-state actors in a period of globalization

Aimed at graduate students of international relations - fills a nice niche in the curriculum that is under-represented in publishing

List of Abbreviations and Acronyms Preface Notes on the Contributors PART I: INTRODUCTION Non-State Actors in World Politics: A Framework; W.Wallace & D.Josselin The Romance of Non-State Actors; F.Halliday PART II: NON-STATE ACTORS AND PRINCIPAL BELIEFS The Catholic Church as a Transnational Actor; D.Ryall Political Parties in a Global Age; J.Smith Non-State Actors as Moral Entrepreneurs: A Transnational Perspective on Ethics Networks; A.Colonomos PART III: EXPERTS AND INTERESTS IN GLOBAL GOVERNANCE Policy Networks, Non-State Actors and Internationalized Policymaking: A Case-study of Agricultural Trade; W.D.Coleman The 'Policy Research' Knowledge Elite and Global Policy Processes; D.Stone Transnational Corporations and Global Environmental Politics; I.Rowlands Unravelling the Faustian Bargain; Non-State Actors and the Multilateral Agreement on Investment; A.Walter Back to the Frontline? Trade Unions in a Global Age; D.Josselin PART IV: THE STATE UNDER SIEGE? Outsourcing War; C.Coker Underworld and Upperworld: Transnational Organized Crime and Global Society; M.Galeotti Diasporas in World Politics; E.Østergaard-Nielsen Islamic Movements as Non-State Actors and Their Relevance to International Relations; K.Dalacoura PART V: CONCLUSION Non-State Actors in World Politics: The Lessons; D.Josselin & W.Wallace Index