International Organizations
ISBN: 9780205075874 | 0205075878
Edition: 5thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Pearson
Pub. Date: 2/20/2011
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Drawing on mainstream and critical theoretical approaches, International Organizations offers a comprehensive examination of international organizations' political and structural role in world politics. Surveying key issues from international security to the environment, International Organizations looks at present and future possibilities for global governance from a broad range of perspectives.
| Preface | p. ix |
| Acknowledgments | p. xiii |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| What Is an International Organization? | p. 2 |
| Organization of the Text | p. 6 |
| International Organizations: Nuts and Bolts | p. 15 |
| Global Intergovernmental Organizations | p. 15 |
| Regional Intergovernmental Organizations | p. 25 |
| Nongovernmental Organizations | p. 35 |
| Mu... MORE | p. 39 |
| Conclusion | p. 41 |
| Mainstream Theories | p. 43 |
| Realism | p. 43 |
| Realism and International Law | p. 57 |
| Liberalism | p. 59 |
| Liberalism and International Law | p. 72 |
| Critical Theories and Approaches | p. 76 |
| Marxism | p. 76 |
| Feminism | p. 92 |
| Constructivism | p. 106 |
| Security | p. 111 |
| The United Nations | p. 112 |
| Iraq | p. 120 |
| The Security Council and Iraq after the Gulf War | p. 132 |
| Security Council and Related Reforms | p. 137 |
| Nuclear Proliferation | p. 140 |
| Iran | p. 144 |
| Conclusion | p. 155 |
| Trade | p. 157 |
| The History of International Trade | p. 157 |
| The World Trade Organization (WTO) | p. 162 |
| Multinational Corporations (MNCs) | p. 164 |
| The U.S. Clean Air Act | p. 166 |
| Challenges for the WTO | p. 173 |
| Genetically Modified Foods and Organisms | p. 176 |
| Development | p. 185 |
| What is Development? | p. 185 |
| Debt | p. 188 |
| The World Bank | p. 190 |
| The International Monetary Fund (IMF) | p. 193 |
| The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) | p. 195 |
| The UN Development Program (UNDP) | p. 198 |
| Financial Crises of the Nineties | p. 199 |
| Millennium Development Goals | p. 217 |
| Conclusion | p. 225 |
| The Environment | p. 227 |
| The Tragedy of the Commons | p. 227 |
| Environmental Problems | p. 230 |
| The Stockholm Conference (1972) | p. 232 |
| The UN Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) | p. 233 |
| Efforts to Protect Biodiversity | p. 234 |
| The Vienna Convention of the Protection of the Ozone and the Montreal Protocol | p. 235 |
| The Rio Conference | p. 236 |
| Climate Change | p. 239 |
| Whaling | p. 254 |
| Conclusion | p. 262 |
| Human Rights and Humanitarian Issues | p. 263 |
| Refugees | p. 263 |
| Major Human Rights Agreements | p. 267 |
| UN Agencies and Human Rights | p. 269 |
| Regional Human Rights Accords and Agencies | p. 272 |
| NGOs and Human Rights | p. 273 |
| Humanitarian Intervention | p. 275 |
| Rwanda | p. 279 |
| International Criminal Law | p. 288 |
| The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia | p. 290 |
| Conclusion | p. 300 |
| Global Governance in 2025 | p. 302 |
| A Realist Cut | p. 302 |
| A Liberal Cut | p. 307 |
| A Marxist Cut | p. 310 |
| A Feminist Cut | p. 313 |
| A Constructivist Cut | p. 314 |
| Conclusion | p. 315 |
| Appendix. Finding Employment in International Organizations | p. 316 |
| Bibliography | p. 319 |
| Index | p. 341 |
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Kelly-Kate S. Pease is Associate Professor of Politics, History, and International Relations at Webster University.
