International Organizations: Perspectives on Governance in the Twenty-First Century (3rd Edition)

Drawing on mainstream and critical theoretical approaches, International Organizations offers a comprehensive examination of international organizations’ political and structural role in world politics. This text details the types and activities of international organizations and provides students with the conceptual tools needed to evaluate their effectiveness. Surveying key issue areas from international and human security to trade and the environment, International Organizations looks at present and future possibilities for global governance from a broad range of perspectives. New to the Sixth Edition Focused on the seismic shifts caused by the rise of national populism and the effects on the more liberal institutions of global governance. Fully revised throughout with a feature on the EU in the face of Brexit, the Greek financial crisis, and global migration. Adds a new section on the Arab League, expanded coverage of NGOs, and updates on the Paris Climate Accords. Overhauls the chapter on International Security including expanded coverage of the UN’s present and historical role. Includes a new chapter on Regional Security covering NATO and ECOWAS. Provides new case studies on Syria, Ukraine, SDGs, and the global migration crisis, among several others. Introduction -- Prior studies of international organizations: an overview -- Organization of the text -- International organizations: nuts and bolts -- Intergovernmental organizations -- UN Reform --The organization of Islamic Conference -- Nongovernmental organizations -- Multinational corporations -- Conclusion -- Mainstream approaches -- Realism -- Liberalism -- Critical approaches -- Marxism -- Feminism -- International security -- The United Nations -- Case study 1: The Persian Gulf crisis -- The Security Council and Iraq after the Gulf War -- Case study 2: Srebrenica 1995 -- Security Council and related reforms -- Conclusion -- Regional security -- Post-World War II security alliances -- NATO: history, membership, and structure -- Case study 3: NATO expansion -- NATO today -- The Arab League -- Case study 4: Palestinian uprising 2000 -- The Israeli-Palestinian crisis after September 11 -- Trade -- The history of international trade -- The World Trade Organization (WTO) -- Multinational corporations (MNCs) -- Case study 5: The U.S. Clean Air Act -- Challenges for the WTO -- Case study 6: Genetically modified foods and organisms -- Conclusion -- Development -- What is development? -- Debt -- The World Bank group -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) -- The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) -- The UN Development Program (UNDP) -- Case study 7: The Mexican peso crisis -- Contagion -- Case study 8: Indonesia -- Millennium development goals -- Conclusion -- The environment -- The tragedy of the commons -- Environmental problems -- The Stockholm conference (1972) -- The UN Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) -- Efforts to protect biodiversity -- The Vienna convention of the protection of the ozone and the Montreal protocol (1985) -- The Rio Conference -- Case study 9: Global warming -- Global warming: a postscript -- Case study 10: Whaling -- Conclusion -- Social and humanitarian issues -- Refugees -- Major human rights agreements -- UN agencies and human rights -- Regional human rights accords and agencies -- NGOs and human rights -- Humanitarian intervention -- Case study 11: Rwanda -- Case study 12: The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia -- Conclusion -- Global governance in 2025 -- A realist cut -- A liberal cut -- A Marxist cut -- A feminist cut -- Conclusion -- Appendices -- Appendix A: Charter of the United Nations -- Appendix B: Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- Appendix C: Purposes of the International Monetary Fund -- Bibliography -- Index Introduction Prior studies of international organizations: an overview Organization of the text International organizations: nuts and bolts Intergovernmental organizations The organization of Islamic Conference Nongovernmental organizations Multinational corporations Conclusion Mainstream approaches Realism Liberalism Critical approaches Marxism Feminism International security The United Nations Case study 1: The Persian Gulf crisis The Security Council and Iraq after the Gulf War Case study 2: Srebrenica 1995 Security Council reforms Conclusion Regional security Post-World War II security alliances NATO: history, membership, and structure Case study 3: NATO expansion NATO after the Balkans The Arab League Case study 4: Palestinian uprising 2000 The Israeli-Palestinian crisis after September 11 Trade The history of international trade The World Trade Organization (WTO) Multinational corporations (MNCS) Case study 5: The U.S. Clean Air Act Challenges for the WTO Case study 6: Genetically modified foods and organisms Conclusion Development What is development? Debt The World Bank group The International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) The UN Development Program (UNDP) Case study 7: The Mexican peso crisis Contagion? Case study 8: Indonesia Conclusion The environment The tragedy of the commons Environmental problems The Stockholm conference (1972) The UN Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) Efforts to protect biodiversity The Vienna convention of the protection of the ozone and the Montreal protocol (1985) The Rio Conference Case study 9: Global warming Global warming: a postscript Case study 10: Whaling Conclusion Social and humanitarian issues Refugees Major human rights agreements UN agencies and human rights Regional human rights accords and agencies NGOs and human rights Humanitarian intervention Case study 11: Rwanda Case study 12: The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia Conclusion Global governance in 2075 A realist cut A liberal cut A marxist cut A feminist cut Conclusion Appendices Appendix A: covenant of the League of Nations Appendix B: Charter of the United Nations Appendix C: Universal Declaration of Human Rights Appendix D: Purposes of the International Monetary Fund Bibliography Index. This book provides critical interpretations of international organizations from the perspectives of Marxism, Feminism, Realism, and Liberalism. Using case studies of current crises and events ranging the from Arab and Islamic organizations to the Palestinian uprising to the engineering of Genetically Modified Foods, it is a ... study of how organizations shape and influence world views. Using the perspectives from four approaches, Realism, Liberalism, Marxism, and Feminism, this book uses case studies to illustrate the importance of international organizations and their effect on the world. Topics are reflected by the case studies presented: International Security and the Persian Gulf Crisis and Srebrenica; Regional Security and NATO and the Arab League; Multinational Corporations and the US Clean Air Act and Genetically Modified Foods, Development and the Mexican Peso Crisis and the Indonesian Crisis; the Environment and Global Warming and Whaling; Human Rights and Yugoslavia and Rwanda. [The book is] for [readers] in corporations with worldwide interests and for those employed by international organizations.-http://www.booksinprint.com

This book provides critical interpretations of international organizations from the perspectives of Marxism, Feminism, Realism, and Liberalism. Using case studies of current crises and events ranging the from Arab and Islamic organizations to the Palestinian uprising to the engineering of Genetically Modified Foods, it is a timely study of how organizations shape and influence world views.

Using the perspectives from four approaches, Realism, Liberalism, Marxism, and Feminism, this book uses case studies to illustrate the importance of international organizations and their effect on the world. Topics are reflected by the case studies presented: International Security and the Persian Gulf Crisis and Srebrenica; Regional Security and NATO and the Arab League; Multinational Corporations and the US Clean Air Act and Genetically Modified Foods, Development and the Mexican Peso Crisis and the Indonesian Crisis; the Environment and Global Warming and Whaling; Human Rights and Yugoslavia and Rwanda.

For workers in corporations with worldwide interests and for those employed by international organizations.