Introduction

Abstract

This part of the book walks through the evidence that we have gathered to estimate international governance. The route takes us through forty-six international organizations (IOs), and tells the reader how IO bodies are composed, what decisions each body makes, and how they make decisions. This sounds simpler than it actually is, and few readers will accompany us on the entire journey. However, it may be reassuring for the expert and the non-expert alike to know that should they have a specific query about any of the organizations covered in this book, they can discover how we code it by looking in the profiles in this book or online....