The Routledge history of international organizations : from 1815 to the present day / Bob Reinalda.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reinalda, Bob.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International agencies--History.

International agencies.

International organization--History.

International organization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (877 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is a definitive and comprehensive history of international organizations from their very beginning at the Congress of Vienna in 1815 up to the present day, and provides the reader with nearly two centuries of world history seen from the perspective of international organizations. It covers the three main fields of international relations: security, economics and the humanitarian domain which often overlap in international organizations. As well as global and intercontinental organizations, the book also covers regional international organizations and international non-governmental orga

Contents:

pt. 1. 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

pt. 2. Transnational networks of citizens : from the anti-slavery movement in 1815 to the International Committee of the Red Cross of 1863

pt. 3. The creation of the Hague system : the arbitration movement and the 1899 and 1907 Peace Conferences in the Hague

pt. 4. Public international unions 1865-1914 : institutionalization of conferences and the creation of continental markets in Europe and the Americas

pt. 5. The international foundation for the welfare state 1880-1914 : how governments became involved in international labour legislation

pt. 6. Laying down the path of collective security : the First World War, the League of Nations founded (1919) and the interwar period

pt. 7. Laying down the path of common economic endeavours : the International Labour Organization (1919) and the economic and social activities of the League of Nations

pt. 8. American hegemony and the genesis and evolution of the United Nations system

pt. 9. Collective security in a bipolar world 1945-80

pt. 10. Economic cooperation in a bipolar world 1945-70

pt. 11. Decolonization, the North-South devide and Third World experiences with global and regional international organizations 1960-80

pt. 12. Development aid, environmental protection and human rights as normative powers : NGO pressure on governments through intergovernmental organizations 1960-80

pt. 13. International organizations in the 1980s : The Cold War intensifies and neoliberalism replaces Keynesianism

pt. 14. The 1990s and new challenges for the United Nations as peacekeeper

pt. 15. Globalization in the 1990s : new challenges for the United Nations system as promoter of economic and social stability

pt. 16. Regional international organizations from the 1980s onwards

pt. 17. Security and the international economy on the threshold of the twenty-first century.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-134-02404-5

1-134-02405-3

1-282-23483-8

1-78034-805-3

9786612234835

0-203-87657-1

9780203876572

OCLC:

449205347