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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808779903321

Titolo

Routledge handbook of international organization / / edited by Bob Reinalda

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-134-11305-6

1-134-11298-X

0-203-40534-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1412 p.)

Collana

Routledge handbooks

Altri autori (Persone)

ReinaldaBob

Disciplina

341.2

Soggetti

International agencies - History

International organization - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables and annexes; Contributors; Abbreviations; This volume; 1. International organization as a field of research since 1910; The early years of the field; A new way of thinking about cooperation between states; Realism: less and more nuanced; A new research programme: opening up the black box; Regimes and institutions, rather than organizations; The English School on institutions; Constructivism and international organizations; Multilaterism and global governance

NGOs, social movements and transnational advocacy networksInternational organizations as organizations: neo-institutionalism; The internal functioning of international organizations; Conclusion; References; Part I: Documentation, data sets and sources; 2. International organizations: available information and documentation; League of Nations documentation; Purpose and structure of United Nations documentation; Global issues on the UN agenda; Intergovernmental organizations in a broader context; Regional and multiregional organizations

International law, technical agencies, and the environmentInternational documentation in the digital era; References; 3. Data sets and quantitative research in the study of intergovernmental organizations;



Correlates of War international governmental organization data set; Examples of organization-specific data sets; Future applications of quantitative data on IGOs; Notes; References; 4. Data and analyses of voting in the United Nations General Assembly; Description of United Nations voting data; Voting patterns in the United Nations General Assembly

United Nations votes as indicators for state preferencesConclusion; Notes; References; 5. The INGO research agenda: a community approach to challenges in method and theory; Challenges of researching INGOs; Moving research forward; Conclusion; References; 6. Globalized public opinion data: international comparative surveys and regional barometers; Public opinion data in a globalized world; Development of international comparative surveys; International comparative surveys; Commercial survey; Other comparative international surveys; Conclusion; References

7. What does transnational history tell us about a world with international organizations? The historians' point of viewA transnational history perspective; International organizations in transnational perspective; Assessing the Palgrave Dictionary of Transnational History; The League of Nations Search Engine (LONSEA); Conclusion; Notes; References; 8. International organizations and the idea of equality; Inequality, the classical state system and its legacies; The United Nations, decolonization and the evolution of the idea of international equality

Inequality globalizes: neoliberalism and global economic integration

Sommario/riassunto

This Handbook brings together scholars whose essays discuss significant issues with regard to international organization as a process and international organizations?as institutions. Although the focus is on intergovernmental organizations (IGOs), non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are discussed where relevant. The handbook is divided into six parts:Documentation, Data Sets and SourcesInternational Secretariats as BureaucraciesActors within International BureaucraciesProcesses within International BureaucraciesChallenges to Internationa