The League of Nations Experience : Overlapping Readings.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Santos, Aurora Almada e.

Contributor:

Santos, Yvette.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International cooperation.

International relations--20th century.

International relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (0 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Basel/Berlin/Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2024.

Summary:

This scholarly work explores the multifaceted legacy and operations of the League of Nations, the first global intergovernmental organization established in 1920 after World War I to promote international cooperation and maintain peace. Edited by Aurora Almada e Santos and Yvette Santos, it compiles perspectives from various expert contributors, examining the League’s achievements, challenges, and contradictions. Topics include the League’s role in addressing global issues such as social policies, economic statistics, and the fight against human trafficking, as well as its structural limitations stemming from unequal power dynamics among member states. The book also highlights the organization’s influence on later international institutions and its role in shaping global governance. It is intended for scholars, historians, and students of international relations, providing a critical analysis of the League's historical significance and enduring impact. Generated by AI.

Contents:

Acknowledgements

Contents

Introduction – The League of Nations experience: Overlapping readings

A contentious idea

The Institut de Droit International’s response to the birth of the League of Nations

The League of Nations or European federation: The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom’s decade of debate over a “United States of Europe,” 1923–1933

Hopes and aspirations

Korea and the League of Nations: from Versailles to the Manchurian Crisis, 1919–1933

The accession of British colonies to the League of Nations and the “Third” British Empire

The membership of the Executive Council: Portugal’s highest aspiration in the League of Nations

Decentering the view

Plowshares into swords: The League of Nations as a weapon of internationalist war

Survived on sufferance: Social policy, the ILO and the new “World Organisation,” 1941–1945

A plethora of varied initiatives

The Information Section of the League of Nations: An experiment in organising communication in international relations

The League and the world: how and why the League of Nations became the centre of world economic statistics

The fight against the trafficking of women and minors before and within the League of Nations: A path to legitimacy for European voluntary associations

Abstracts

List of contributors

Index Generated by AI.

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ISBN:

9783111063973

3111063976

OCLC:

1477224963