International organizations and peaceful change in world politics / edited by T.V. Paul, Anders Wivel, Kai He.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Paul, T. V., editor.

He, Kai, 1973- editor.

Wivel, Anders, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Peaceful change (International relations).

International agencies--Political aspects.

International agencies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 348 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2025.

Summary:

International organizations play an important, if imperfect, role in world politics, solving collective action problems in security, economic, environmental, and global health among others. While many believe that international organisations have formed critical pillars of global governance, sceptics contend that they reflect the power politics of the day and the interests of hegemonic powers. This volume examines whether international organizations contribute to or detract from peaceful change, acting as agents of both status quo and stasis. Providing a historical overview of international organizations, from the nineteenth century to the current day, a team of leading scholars offer an overview of how major theoretical approaches - Liberalism, Constructivism, Rationalism and Realism - have contributed to our understanding of the role played by international organizations in peaceful change. In particular, the roles of the United Nations General Assembly, UN Peacekeeping, UN Environment Program, World Health Organization, World Trade Organization and G20 are analysed.

Contents:

How international organizations promote or detract peaceful change / T.V. Paul, Anders Wivel, and Kai He

Great power management, international organizations, and the promotion of peaceful change : 1815 to the present /Arie M. Kacowicz

Liberalism, institutional statecraft, and international order / G. John Ikenberry

Constructivism, international organizations and peaceful change : the case of NATO /Trine Flockhart

When do rational IGOs promote peaceful change? /Duncan Snidal

Beyond the Pax Americana : international organizations, 'peaceful change', and the Sino-American power shift / Christopher Layne

The UN General Assembly and peaceful change / M.J. Peterson

Leveling peace : the role of UN peacekeeping in peaceful change / Sarah-Myriam Martin-Brûlé

Fifty years of advancing peaceful change : UNEP and global environmental governance / Maria Ivanova

Reconciling science and politics : the World Health Organization and the advancement of peaceful change / Kelley Lee

The "crisis of success" and peaceful change at the WTO and within the global trading system / Aseema Sinha

International organizations and peaceful change : the evolving debate over the G20 / Andrew Cooper

The science of peaceful change / Ian Hurd

International organizations and peaceful change : towards a pluralistic research agenda / Alice Chessé.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 28 Jan 2025).

ISBN:

9781009509398

100950939X

9781009509367

1009509365