International organization

International organizations such as the UN, EU and IMF play an increasingly important role in international politics. Fully revised and updated, this broad-ranging text provides a systematic theoretical and empirical introduction to the structure, policies and performance of international organizati...

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Main Authors: Rittberger, Volker , 1941-2011 (Author), Kruck, Andreas , 1981- (Author), Zangl, Bernhard , 1967- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan , 2012
Edition:2nd ed
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Theories of international organizations
  • 2. History of international organizations
  • 3. International organizations as political systems
  • 4. Actors' demands and support: the input dimension
  • 5. Decision-making in international organizations: the conversion process
  • 6. What international organizations produce: the output dimension
  • 7. Security
  • 8. Welfare and economic relations
  • 8. The environment
  • 9. Human rights
  • 10. Between a world state and international anarchy: images of world order