Introduction
The UN Secretary-General and self-directed leadership: development of the democracy agenda / Kirsten Haack and Kent Kille
The roots of UN post-conflict peacebuilding: a case study of autonomous agency / Margaret P. Karns
The anatomy of autonomy: the case of the World Bank / Susan Park and Catherine Weaver
The United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees: autonomy and mandate change / Alexander Betts
Changing actors and actions in the global fight against aids / Christer Jonsson
Disaggregating delegation: multiplying agents in the international maritime safety regime / Kendall W. Stiles
Not just states or the secretary-general but also staff: the emergence of UNOPS as a new UN organization / Dennis Dijkzeul
ASEAN as an informal organization: does it exist and does it have agency? the emergence of the ASEAN secretariat / Bob Reinalda
New types of organizations and global governance in the twenty-first century: the case of ICANN / James P. Muldoo.