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Hierarchy and Differentiation in International Regime Complexes: A Theoretical Framework for Comparative Research

Review of International Political Economy  | Thu, Nov 2, 2023

by Randall Henning

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The landscape of global governance is increasingly crowded. In nearly every major policy domain, multilateral cooperation occurs within clusters of nested and overlapping international institutions. A growing body of research examines these ‘international regime complexes,’ establishing institutional density as a defining feature of contemporary global governance. Issue areas as diverse as trade, climate change, education and crisis finance have experienced a crowding of governance institutions over time. This increasing institutional density changes the strategic environment in which state, substate and nonstate actors interact, creating both challenges and opportunities for cooperation.

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