International Organization

The third edition of this popular core textbook provides wide-ranging coverage of the structure, internal working, policies and performance of international organizations such as the UN, EU, IMF and World Bank. Such organizations have never been so important in addressing the challenges that face our increasingly globalised world. This book introduces students to theories with which to approach international organizations, their history, and their ability to respond to contemporary issues in world politics from nuclear disarmament, climate change and human rights protection, to trade, monetary and financial relations, and international development. Underpinning the text is the authors' unique model that views international organizations as actual organizations. Reacting to world events, political actors provide the 'inputs' which are converted by the political systems of these organizations (through various decision-making procedures) into 'outputs' that achieve varying levels of real-world impact and effectiveness.
This is the perfect text for undergraduate and postgraduate students of Politics and International Relations taking courses on International Organization and Global Governance, as well as essential reading for those studying the UN, the EU and Globalization.

List of contents

1. Introduction
PART I THEORY AND HISTORY OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
2. Theories of International Organizations
3. History of International Organizations
PART II POLICY-MAKING IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
4. International Organizations as Political Systems
5. Input: Actors' Demands and Support
6. Conversion: Decision-making in International Organizations
7. Output: What International Organizations Produce
PART III ACTIVITIES OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
8. Peace and Security
9. Trade and Development
10. Finance and Monetary Relations
11. The Environment
12. Human Rights
PART IV CONCLUSION
13. Between a World State and International Anarchy: Images of World Order

About the author

Volker Rittberger was Emeritus Professor of Political Science and International Relations at the Institute of Political Science, University of Tübingen, Germany.Bernhard Zangl is Professor of Global Governance and Public Policy at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany.Andreas Kruck is Assistant Professor in International Relations and Global Governance at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany.Hylke Dijkstra is Director of the MA in European Studies at Maastricht University, the Netherlands.

Summary

The third edition of this popular core textbook provides wide-ranging coverage of the structure, internal working, policies and performance of international organizations such as the UN, EU, IMF and World Bank. Such organizations have never been so important in addressing the challenges that face our increasingly globalised world. This book introduces students to theories with which to approach international organizations, their history, and their ability to respond to contemporary issues in world politics from nuclear disarmament, climate change and human rights protection, to trade, monetary and financial relations, and international development. Underpinning the text is the authors' unique model that views international organizations as actual organizations. Reacting to world events, political actors provide the 'inputs' which are converted by the political systems of these organizations (through various decision-making procedures) into 'outputs' that achieve varying levels of real-world impact and effectiveness.

This is the perfect text for undergraduate and postgraduate students of politics and international relations taking courses on International organization and global governance, as well as essential reading for those studying the UN, the EU and Globalization.

New to this Edition:
- Draws on the most recent research in the field and considers some of the significant world events of the last decade to ensure that the book is completely up to date.
- Two separate chapters considering Trade and Development, and Finance and Monetary Relations respectively.
- Fully accounts for the challenges to international organizations by the emerging powers, the Trump administration and Brexit

Foreword

This core textbook provides wide-ranging coverage of the structure, internal working, policies and performance of international organizations such as the UN, EU, IMF and World Bank. It introduces students to theories with which to approach international organizations, their history, and their ability to respond to contemporary issues in world politics from nuclear disarmament, climate change and human rights protection, to trade, monetary and financial relations, and international development.

Additional text

The updates and extensions in the third edition have made this excellent volume even more compelling as the main textbook for courses on international institutions. A must-read for students, scholars and practitioners of international organizations.

Product details

• Authors: Hylke Dijkstra, Dijkstra Hylke, Andrea Kruck, Andreas Kruck, Kruck Andreas, Volke Rittberger, Volker Rittberger, Bernhar Zangl, Bernhard Zangl, Zangl Bernhard
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2019
• EAN: 9781137610041
• ISBN: 978-1-137-61004-1
• No. of pages: 286
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 232 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; B, Globalization, Political Science and International Studies, International Organization