Liliana Andonova is Professor of International Relations and Political Science, and Academic Co-Director of the Center for International Environmental Studies at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva. She is the author of Transnational Politics of the Environment (2003); co-author of Transnational Climate Change Governance (Cambridge, 2014); and co-editor of a special issue on the Comparative Politics of Transnational Climate Governance of the journal International Interactions (2017).

• 1. Introduction: global partnerships; 2. Theory of dynamic institutional change; 3. The UN secretariat: crafting normative space for partnerships; 4. UNEP and the World Bank: extending sustainability via partnerships; 5. Partnerships for children and health; 6. Conclusion – institutional diversity and global partnerships; Annex: constructing the global partnerships database.

'Governance Entrepreneurs is a pioneering account of the emergence, diffusion and institutionalization of global public-private partnerships. In this innovative and important book, Liliana B. Andonova persuasively shows that coalition-building agents can build effective public-private partnerships as part of what she calls 'an iterative cycle of change'.' Robert O. Keohane, Professor (Emeritus), Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, New Jersey

Liliana Andonova is Professor of International Relations and Political Science, and Academic Co-Director of the Center for International Environmental Studies at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva. She is the author of Transnational Politics of the Environment (2003); co-author of Transnational Climate Change Governance (Cambridge, 2014); and co-editor of a special issue on the Comparative Politics of Transnational Climate Governance of the journal International Interactions (2017).

• 1. Introduction: global partnerships; 2. Theory of dynamic institutional change; 3. The UN secretariat: crafting normative space for partnerships; 4. UNEP and the World Bank: extending sustainability via partnerships; 5. Partnerships for children and health; 6. Conclusion – institutional diversity and global partnerships; Annex: constructing the global partnerships database.

'Governance Entrepreneurs is a pioneering account of the emergence, diffusion and institutionalization of global public-private partnerships. In this innovative and important book, Liliana B. Andonova persuasively shows that coalition-building agents can build effective public-private partnerships as part of what she calls 'an iterative cycle of change'.' Robert O. Keohane, Professor (Emeritus), Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, New Jersey

Liliana Andonova is Professor of International Relations and Political Science, and Academic Co-Director of the Center for International Environmental Studies at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva. She is the author of Transnational Politics of the Environment (2003); co-author of Transnational Climate Change Governance (Cambridge, 2014); and co-editor of a special issue on the Comparative Politics of Transnational Climate Governance of the journal International Interactions (2017).

• 1. Introduction: global partnerships; 2. Theory of dynamic institutional change; 3. The UN secretariat: crafting normative space for partnerships; 4. UNEP and the World Bank: extending sustainability via partnerships; 5. Partnerships for children and health; 6. Conclusion – institutional diversity and global partnerships; Annex: constructing the global partnerships database.

'Governance Entrepreneurs is a pioneering account of the emergence, diffusion and institutionalization of global public-private partnerships. In this innovative and important book, Liliana B. Andonova persuasively shows that coalition-building agents can build effective public-private partnerships as part of what she calls 'an iterative cycle of change'.' Robert O. Keohane, Professor (Emeritus), Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, New Jersey