International Organization (The Library of Essays in Global Governance)

"For well over a century, international organizations have been central to the study and practice of international relations and global governance. But how much and how do they help, hinder or otherwise alter the behaviour of the actors who utilize them and provide public goals for the global community as a whole? By assembling the leading works that have defined the scholarly field of international organization from realist, liberal institutionalists, constructivists and political economy traditions, this work examines the many organizations which have formed, in ever-expanding numbers and fields, over the years, the degree to which they have succeeded and their future potential. It looks at the changing international arena, particularly with the expansion of civil society and how that affects the role of such organizations. Has a formula for an effective and successful international organization developed or will one have to wait for the next generation of organizations, institutions and regimes? "--Publisher's description Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Contents Acknowledgements Editor's Preface Introduction PART I: OVERVIEWS OF THE FIELD 1 International Organization: A State of the Art on an Art of the State 2 Theories and Empirical Studies of International Institutions 3 What are International Institutions? PART II: CORE CONCEPTS AND COMPETING THEORIES 4 Power and Interdependence Revisited 5 Structural Causes and Regime Consequences: Regimes as Intervening Variables 6 International Regimes, Transactions, and Change: Embedded Liberalism in the Postwar Economic Order 7 International Institutions: Two Approaches 8 Concerts, Collective Security, and the Future of Europe 9 The False Promise of International Institutions PART III: NEW DIRECTIONS 10 Introduction: Epistemic Communities and International Policy Coordination 11 Multilateralism and World Order 12 Is American Multilateralism in Decline? 13 Imagined (Security) Communities: Cognitive Regions in International Relations 14 Governance, Good Governance and Global Governance: Conceptual and Actual Challenges 15 The Emerging Roles of NGOs in the UN System: From Article 71 to a People's Millennium Assembly PART IV: COMPLIANCE, EFFECTIVENESS AND THE DOMESTIC DIMENSION 16 Diplomacy and Domestic Politics: The Logic of Two- Level Games 17 The Politics, Power, and Pathologies of International Organizations Name Index