Global Policymaking

Vincent Pouliot specializes in the study of global governance, specifically the politics of multilateral diplomacy, changing and hybrid practices, and global history. He has authored or co-edited six books with Cambridge University Press, including International Pecking Orders (2016), Diplomacy and the Making of World Politics (2015) and International Practices (2011). Jean-Philippe Thérien's work focuses on international organizations and global governance. He has published widely on the United Nations, North-South relations, global ideologies and the inter-American system. He is the co-author of Left and Right in Global Politics (Cambridge, 2008), and co-editor of Summits and Regional Governance (2016).

• Introduction: the politics of global governance; 1. Global policymaking: from public goods to bricolage; 2. The making of global policies: analytical framework and methodology; 3. The sustainable development goals: planning without a blueprint; 4. The Human Rights Council: institution-building by doing; 5. The protection of civilians: policymaking by fits and starts; 6. Key Trends in the Making of Global Policies: A Comparative Synthesis; Conclusion: grasping the patchwork of global governance.

'In this superb book, the dynamic and fluid character of global policymaking is captured by treating global governance as an 'unscripted process' – one that is defined by seemingly undirected and impromptu practices of bricolage. Pouliot and Thérien take the UN as one important site of global policy processes to provide a rich and conceptually sophisticated illustration of their 'practice approach' to the analysis of global governance. This approach brings to the fore the inclusionary as well as exclusionary 'politics' and value debates behind the 'patchwork' of global policymaking.' Diane Stone, Chair of Global Policy, School of Transnational Governance, EUI