Michael Zurn, Director of the Research Unit 'Global Governance' at the WZB and Professor of International Relations at the Free University of Berlin

Michael Zurn is Director of the Global Governance unit at the Berlin Social Science Center (WZB) and Professor of International Relations at the Free University of Berlin since 2004. He was founding Dean of the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin (2004-2009). He is a member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Science and the Academy of Europe. He is author of numerous monographs and anthologies, and has published various articles in International Organization, World Politics, International Studies Quarterly, Global Policy, International Theory, Journal of Common Market Studies, West European Politics, Politics, Politische Vierteljahresschrift, Zeitschrift fur Internationale Beziehungen, and Leviathan, among others.

"In this impressive work, Michael Zürn offers a sophisticated but accessible guide for readers trying to grasp the evolution of global governance in the conflict-ridden world of today." -- Jan Zielonka, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, Society

"In this impressive work, Michael Zürn offers a sophisticated but accessible guide for readers trying to grasp the evolution of global governance in the conflict-ridden world of today." -- Jan Zielonka, University of Oxford, Society

"This volume is an impressive synthetic text, pulling together the work of a couple of decades to sort out what is going on under the rubric of 'global governance'. Its sources cover the gamut of international relations thinking about institutions, international organizations, states, and how they have all worked to change governance over the last few decades. The story is far from simple, and much of this book is an attempt to parse out some clear findings from the confusion of empirical studies and theoretical approaches that dominate the vast literature on international governance, international regimes, law, and organization ... Michael Zürn's attempt to unravel how the politics of global governance has evolved so far is a very useful starting point to engage these debates." -- Simon Dalby, Prometheus

"It is therefore not difficult to imagine how Zürn's approach will inspire further studies that support or challenge TGG's model of global governance by offering more fine-grained empirical assessments of global institutions." -- Hannes Hansen-Magnusson, Cardiff University, International Studies Review

"With a new systematic conceptual framework, this book goes beyond its predecessors by developing a general theory-which at times risks overgeneralization-on the evolution of the global governance system. Rich with insights, it is an important theoretical exploration about world politics in the 21st century." -- ZhengÂChen, China International Strategy Review