International Organization

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World politics in the 21st century continues to be shaped by great powers such as the United States and China, yet even great powers, let alone most other states, are constrained in their | action by international organizations with either global or regional reach. The end of the Cold | War and increasing globalization have unleashed challenges which states cannot cope with i unilaterally or through ad hoc cooperation. For this reason, institutions for global governance i or for political integration at the regional level have been created by sovereign states with a view to safeguarding or improving their capacity for providing collective goods on which their societies depend.
Organizations like the United Nations, the World Trade Organization, the World Bank, and the European Union play an increasing role on the world stage. Whether In relation to security, welfare and economic relations, environmental protection or human rights, they work to set and { help implement... Tovább

Fülszöveg

World politics in the 21st century continues to be shaped by great powers such as the United States and China, yet even great powers, let alone most other states, are constrained in their | action by international organizations with either global or regional reach. The end of the Cold | War and increasing globalization have unleashed challenges which states cannot cope with i unilaterally or through ad hoc cooperation. For this reason, institutions for global governance i or for political integration at the regional level have been created by sovereign states with a view to safeguarding or improving their capacity for providing collective goods on which their societies depend.
Organizations like the United Nations, the World Trade Organization, the World Bank, and the European Union play an increasing role on the world stage. Whether In relation to security, welfare and economic relations, environmental protection or human rights, they work to set and { help implement internationally binding norms and rules. With their growing role has come ' continuing controversy both about the effectiveness of such organizations and the amount of power or authority they do, or should, exercise.
Substantially adapted for its first English publication from its third German edition, this broad-ranging and up-to-date textbook provides a systematic theoretical and empirical Introduction to the evolution, structure, and policies of International organizations.
This is an outstanding textbook which places international organizations In a very informative theoretical and historical context and offers a wide-ranging overview of their decision-making, key actors and agendas. It challenges readers to ponder why International organizations are likely to remain the central pillar of global governance.'
- Chadwick F. Alger, Ohio State University j
'Theoretically informed, empirically substantiated, and persuasively written. International ; Organization does justice to the complex changes resulting from the increased importance : of these Institutions since World War II, and especially since the end of the Cold War. This could well become the standard text for courses at all levels.'
- Thomas C. Weiss, The CUNY Graduate Center
'A compelling and Insightful book. Its balanced mix of theory and empirical case studies will enhance understanding of the ways International organizations are changing the very essence of global governance in the twenty-first century while keeping us well grounded In the reality that International organizations are created first and foremost to serve the interests of their members.' - W. Andy Knight, University of Alberta
Vollcer Rittberger Is Professor of Political Science and International Relations, Institute of Political Science, University of Tübingen, Germany.
Bernhard Zangl Is Professor of International and Transnational Relations and Director of the Institute for Intercultural and International Studies, University of Bremen, Germany.
Matthias Staisch is a Doctoral Student In Political Science, University of Chicago, USA. Vissza