Buch, Englisch, 880 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 1724 g
From 1815 to the Present Day
Buch, Englisch, 880 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 1724 g
ISBN: 978-0-415-47624-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
The book progresses chronologically but also provides a thematic and geographical coherence so that related developments can be discussed together. A series of detailed tables, figures, charts and information boxes explain the chronologies, structures and relationships of international organizations. There are biographies, histories and analysis of hundreds of international organizations.
This is an essential reference work with direct relevance to scholars in international relations, international political economy, international economics and business and security studies.
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Part I. 1815: British hegemony and the invention of the multilateral conference plus follow-up conference. The concert of Europe and the central commission for the navigation of the Rhine Part II. Transnational networks of citizens. From the anti-slavery movement in 1815 to the international committee of the red cross of 1863 Part III The creation of the hague system. The arbitration movement and the 1899 and 1907 peace conferences in the Hague Part IV. Public international unions 1865-1914. Institutionalization of conferences and the creation of continental markets in Europe and the Americas Part V The International Foundation for the Welfare State 1880-1914. How governments became involved in International labour legislation Part VI Laying down the path of collective security. The first world war, the League of Nations founded (1919) and the interwar period Part VII Laying down the path of common economic endeavours. The International Labour Organization (1919) and the economic and social activities of the League of Nations Part VIII American Hegemony and the Genesis and evolution of the United Nations System Part IX Collective Security in a Bipolar World 1945-80 Part X Economic Cooperation in a Bipolar World 1945-70 Part XI Decolonization, the North-South Divide and Third World experiences with global and regional international organizations 1960-80 Part XII Development Aid, environmental protection and human rights as normative powers. NGO pressure on governments through Intergovernmental 1960-80 Part XIII International Organizations in the 1980's. The Cold war intensifies and neoliberalism replaces Keynsianism Part XIV The 1990's and new challenges for the United Nations as Peacekeeper Part XV Globalization in the 1990's New challenges for the United Nations system as a promoter of economic and social stability Part XVI Regional International Organizations from the 1980's Onwards Part XVII Security and the International economy on the threshold of the twenty-first Century