This volume explores the conditions under which regional organizations engage in governance transfer in and to areas of limited statehood. The authors argue that a global script of governance transfer by regional organizations is emerging, where regional and national actors are adapting governance standards and instruments to their local context.

"This edited volume represents a successful attempt to systematically investigate how and under what conditions regional organizations (ROs) transfer legitimate governance institutions in their Member States or third countries. ? This stimulating and very informative book is thus strongly recommended for all academics and students interested in global and comparative regionalism, diffusion and the evolution of (good) governance institutions in and outside Europe." (Johannes Muntschick, Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol. 54 (5), 2016)