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International Organizations
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.
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.
358 pages, Paperback
Published September 7, 2018
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January 1, 2009
Overall, this is not a bad book for someone looking to get a general overview of political theory as it applies to issues that impact international organizations. It is _not_ a good book for someone looking for information on specific international organizations, although there is a little bit of that to be found.
It starts off with a general overview of some of the major political theories -- Realism, Liberalism, Marxism, and Feminism. The first three are covered in virtually any text that details political theory, and often in much more depth that we get here. Feminism, on the other hand, I've typically only seen mentioned in passing as a lens for examining international relations, so that was a welcome addition, and really the biggest reason that I'd be inclined to recommend the book to anyone else.
I'd honestly expected a little more thorough a look at international organizations themselves, given the title of the book, but that's almost a secondary subject, really. It looks at some of the major issues in international relations (international security, the environment, etc.) and then brifly examines certain cases that relate to each through the lens of each of the four major theories.
All in all, it's a fair book. If we had half stars, I'd be inclined to give it 2.5 for the more detailed look at Feminism than I've gotten in other books.
It starts off with a general overview of some of the major political theories -- Realism, Liberalism, Marxism, and Feminism. The first three are covered in virtually any text that details political theory, and often in much more depth that we get here. Feminism, on the other hand, I've typically only seen mentioned in passing as a lens for examining international relations, so that was a welcome addition, and really the biggest reason that I'd be inclined to recommend the book to anyone else.
I'd honestly expected a little more thorough a look at international organizations themselves, given the title of the book, but that's almost a secondary subject, really. It looks at some of the major issues in international relations (international security, the environment, etc.) and then brifly examines certain cases that relate to each through the lens of each of the four major theories.
All in all, it's a fair book. If we had half stars, I'd be inclined to give it 2.5 for the more detailed look at Feminism than I've gotten in other books.
October 26, 2015
This is a pretty good textbook. It presents issues relating to international organizations and then provides multiple perspectives from different traditions of international relations such as realism, constructivism, and feminism.
September 11, 2012
Great essays. Very informative even though it was published in 2002. You can still use this as a guide to how situations in global governance have gone awry
April 10, 2014
Very informative.
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