I. Introduction
1. International Organizations in World Politics, Jon Pevehouse and Inken von Borzyskowski; 2. International Organizations and International Law, Anne Peters; 3. The Law and Politics of International Organizations, Jeffrey Dunoff
II. History
4. International Organizations, 1865-1945, Madeleine Herren; 5. International Organizations, 1945-Present, B.S. Chimni
III. Forms of Organization
6. Formal Inter-Governmental Organizations, Jan Klabbers; 7. Supranational Organizations, Peter Lindseth; 8. Private Transnational Governance, Walter Mattli
IV. Activities of Organizations
9. Peace Operations, Lise Morjé Howard and Anjali Dayal; 10. Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crime, James Cockayne; 11. Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, Waheguru Pal Singh Sidhu; 12. Human Rights, Dinah Shelton; 13. Criminal Justice, David J. Scheffer; 14. Humanitarian Action, Thomas G. Weiss; 15. Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons, Gil Loescher; 16. Trade, Joel Trachtman; 17. International Finance, Manuela Moschella; 18. Economic Relations and Integration, Frank Schimmelfennig; 19. Development, David M. Malone and Rohinton P. Medhora; 20. Environment, David A. Wirth; 21. Health, Gian Luca Burci and Andrew Cassels; 22. Labour, Brian Langille; 23. Religion, Helge Arsheim; 24. Democracy Promotion, Ian Johnstone and Michael Snyder; 25. Communications and the Internet, Milton Mueller
V. The Functions of International Organizations
26. Lawmaking, Nigel D. White; 27. Monitoring Processes, Timm Betz and Barbara Koremenos; 28. Sanctions, Jeremy Farrall; 29. Use of Force, Marc Weller; 30. Dispute Settlement, John R. Crook; 31. Information Gathering, Analysis, and Dissemination, Jean-Marc Coicaud and David Le Blanc
VI. Relationships of International Organizations with Other Actors
32. Relationships of International Organizations with Other Actors, Laurence Boisson de Chazournes; 33. Relations with Civil Society, Jan Aart Scholte; 34. Relations with the Private Sector, George Kell
VII. Structure and Operations
35. General Assemblies and Assemblies of States Parties, Margaret P. Karns; 36. Parliaments, Bjørn Høyland; 37. Executive Boards and Councils, Ramses A. Wessel; 38. Executive Heads, Simon Chesterman; 39. Secretariats, Touko Piiparinen; 40. High-Level Panels, Ramesh Thakur; 41. International Adjudicative Bodies, Chiara Giorgetti; 42. Financing and Budgets, Jacob Katz Cogan; 43. Organizational Culture, Stephen C. Nelson and Catherine Weaver
VIII. International Institutional Law
44. Constituent Instruments, Niels Blokker; 45. Membership and Representation, Stephen Mathias and Stadler Trengove; 46. Legal Capacity and Powers, Dan Sarooshi; 47. Assessing the Legality of Decisions, Jan Wouters and Jed Odermatt; 48. Responsibility, Pierre Klein; 49. Privileges and Immunities, August Reinisch; 50. The Law of the International Civil Service, Santiago Villalpando; 51. International Administrative Tribunals, Santiago Villalpando
IX. Principles of Governance
52. Legitimacy, Dominik Zaum; 53. Participation, Patrizia Nanz and Klaus Dingwerth; 54. Accountability, Mathias Koenig-Archibugi; 55. Transparency, Jonas Tallberg