International organisation in world politics
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International organisation in world politics
Palgrave/Macmillan, 2004
3rd ed.
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- : hbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 266-269) and index
Previous ed.: From Versailles to Maastricht : international organisation in the twentieth century, Macmillan Press, 1996
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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 (Versailles to Maastricht: International Organisation in the Twentieth Century), 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
Table of Contents
List of Figures.- List of Abbreviations.- Preface.- The Rise of the International Organisation.- The League of Nations.- The American-led, Cold War United Nations: 1945-1960.- The Third World UN: 1960-1980.- A Period of Crisis: The UN in the 1980s.- The New World Disorder: The UN and the Maintenance of International Peace.- The Post-Cold War UN.- The European Community, 1945-1969: Origins and Beginnings.- The European Community, 1970-1985: Turbulence, Europessimism and Eurosclerosis Widening at a Cost?.- The European Community, 1985-1992: From Community to Union Deepening Dominates While Widening Waits?.- The European Union, 1993-2003: Deepening and Widening?.- The New Regionalism.- Towards Global Governance?.- The Emergence of Global Civil Society.- Bibliography.- Index.
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