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Record Nr.

UNINA9910830122703321

Titolo

Mapping the new world order [[electronic resource] /] / Thomas J. Volgy ... [et al.] ; with Ana Bojinović ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009

ISBN

1-4443-0655-3

1-282-28009-0

9786612280092

1-4051-6962-1

1-4443-0656-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

VolgyThomas J

Disciplina

327

341.2

Soggetti

International organization

International relations

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

MAPPING THE NEW WORLD ORDER; Contents; Preface; About the Authors; 1 In Search of the Post-Cold War World Order: Questions, Issues, and Perspectives; 2 Mapping the Architecture of the New World Order: Continuity and Change in the Constellation of Post-Cold War FormalInter governmental Organizations; 3 Accounting for the New World Order of FIGO Architecture and Its Effectiveness; 4 Problematizing the Benign: Conflict, IGOs, and the New World Order in the Post-Communist Space; 5 The Correlates of Cooperative Institutions for International Rivers

6 Substituting for Democratization: A Comparative Analysis of Involvement in Regional Intergovernmental Organizations7 State Support for Human Rights Treaties; 8 The Mediterranean as a Region in the Making; 9 Conclusions; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This groundbreaking study maps out and analyzes the development of a global intergovernmental (IGO) institutional architecture in the post World War II era.Systematically traces similarities and differences between the institutional architecture of the Cold War and post-Cold



War erasExamines the range of reasons why states join IGOs, identifies patterns of participation within these organizations, and examines the effects of membership on statesConsiders the impact of the EU on other regional organizations and developments outside EuropeProvides a strong contribution to the