Beyond states

About the author Raphaela Schweiger is the Director of the Migration Program at the Robert Bosch Stiftung. She is a political scientist and holds a doctorate (Dr. phil.) from the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany. She has published widely on global governance, migration, integration, conflict, climate change, and their intersection.

• Introduction.- Key concepts, theory, and the emergence of global migration governance.- Framework of analysis.- The role and influence of non-state actors in the GCM process.- Local authorities in the GCM process: a similar but different case.- Summing up: non-state actors’ and local authorities’ influence in the process leading to the adoption of the GCM.- Classification, main recommendations, and conclusion.