The challenges of multilateralism / Kathryn C. Lavelle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lavelle, Kathryn C., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International cooperation--History.

International cooperation.

International organization--History.

International organization.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xvi, 332 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2020]

Summary:

An accessible history of multilateralism from its origins in the 1800s to the present. Multilateral initiatives have brought about striking, yet diverging, results. International organizations often struggle with the nationalist impulses of member states, different and shifting goals, and a lack of enforcement methods. Here, Kathryn Lavelle offers a history of multilateralism from its origins to the present. Lavelle focuses on the creation and evolution of major problem-solving organizations, examines the governmental challenges they have confronted and continue to face from both domestic and transnational constituencies, and considers how nongovernmental organizations facilitate their work.

Contents:

1 Early Movements toward Multilateralism p. 1

2 The Embryonic Plan for Postwar Multilateralism p. 30

3 Decolonization and Development p. 58

4 Restoring Free Trade in the World Economy p. 80

5 The End of the Cold War and Changing Security Alignments p. 106

6 Wellness of People and the Planet p. 135

7 Global Justice and Human Rights p. 163

8 Money and Finance in the New Global Economy p. 191

9 Dissent on Globalization p. 218

10 The Past and Future of Multilateralism p. 245.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0300230451

9780300230451

OCLC:

1113323892