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International Organisation in World Politics, by David Armstrong, Lorna Lloyd, John Redmond

eng

non fiction

International Organisation in World Politics

electronic resource

dictionaries

1017927055

by David Armstrong, Lorna Lloyd, John Redmond

Springer

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.--, Provided by publisher

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