International organisation in world politics
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International organisation in world politics
Palgrave/Macmillan, 2004
3rd ed.
- : pbk
- : hbk
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  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 266-269) and index
Previous ed.: From Versailles to Maastricht : international organisation in the twentieth century, Macmillan Press, 1996
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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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