The making of the world : how international organizations shape our future Yves Schemeil.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schemeil, Yves, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International agencies.

International relations.

World politics.

international organizations.

international relations.

Physical Description:

406 pages ; illustrations ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Opladen ; Berlin ; Toronto : Verlag Barbara Budrich, 2023.

Biography/History:

Yves Schemeil is professor emeritus of global and comparative politics and works in Grenoble, France. http://yves-schemeil.sciencespo-grenoble.fr.

Summary:

International Organizations (IOs) were designed to provide global public goods, among which security for all, trade for the richest, and development for the poorest. Their very existence is now a promise of success for the cooperative turn in international relations. Although the IO network was once created by established powers, rising states can hardly resist the massive production of norms that their governments can be reluctant to respect without being able to discard them. IOs are omnipresent, and exert great influence on the world as we know it. However, rulers and ruled are hardly aware of such compelling and snowballing processes. Yves Schemeil uses his in-depth knowledge of IOs to analyze their current impact on international relations, on world politics, and their potential of shaping the global future.

Contents:

Introduction

Part 1. What IOs are and what we think we know

The conventional wisdom, first cut: the classics

The conventional wisdom, second cut: the mavericks

Part 2. IOs as complex organizations

Homogenization and hegemonization

Centralization and decentralization

Part 3. A predictive model of IOs' behaviour

Explanatory factors and drivers of change

The trade-off between resilience and performance

Genesis and expansion

Part 4. From competition to cooperation

Coordination, collaboration, and cooperation: how different really?

The taming of the shrew: avoiding the other

From clusters to networks

The nature of organizational networks

The properties of organizational networks

Part 5. How likely is any institutionalization of the world?

A changing structure

Is institutionalized globalization inevitable?

Towards a world government

Conclusion. What we have achieved and what remains to be done

Afterword.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-402) and index.

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ISBN:

9783847421467

3847421468

OCLC:

1376867079

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