International Organisation in World Politics

Since the end of the Cold War, international organisations have assumed a greater importance on the world stage. The United Nations has played a key role in all of the major security issues during this period - increasingly called upon to address other global problems such as poverty and international crime - while the European Union has created a single currency and moved towards the adoption of a constitution. The growing significance of the World Trade Organisation and other economic institutions has led some to talk of the emergence of a structure of global governance; and international non-governmental organisations and social movements are now widely seen as forming a kind of global civil society that both challenges and participates in these developments.Building on the success of the previous edition ( ), this book is a valuable introduction to the complex history of modern international organisation. David Armstrong, Lorna Lloyd and John Redmond:- Pay close attention to the League of Nations, the UN and the EU.- Offer chapters on the new regionalism, global governance and international regimes and global civil society.- Adopt a thematic and analytical approach to the subject.- Provide a concise factual account of the rise of the international organisation.>

Product details

• Authors: David Armstrong, David Lloyd Armstrong, Lorna Lloyd, John Redmond
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.08.2004
• EAN: 9781403903020
• ISBN: 978-1-4039-0302-0
• No. of pages: 280
• Series: The Making of the Twentieth Century; The Making of the Twentieth Century
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Business > International economy; B, world history, World History, Global and Transnational History, Palgrave History Collection