International Organisation in World Politics / Edition 3

by David Armstrong, Lorna Lloyd, John Redmond

Overview

Since the end of the Cold War, international organisations have assumed a greater importance on the world stage. The United Nations has played a key role in all of the major security issues during this period - increasingly called upon to address other global problems such as poverty and international crime - while the European Union has created a single currency and moved towards the adoption of a constitution. The growing significance of the World Trade Organisation and other economic institutions has led some to talk of the emergence of a structure of global governance; and international non-governmental organisations and social movements are now widely seen as forming a kind of global civil society that both challenges and participates in these developments.

Building on the success of the previous edition (Versailles to Maastricht: International Organisation in the Twentieth Century), this book is a valuable introduction to the complex history of modern international organisation. David Armstrong, Lorna Lloyd and John Redmond:

- Pay close attention to the League of Nations, the UN and the EU.
- Offer chapters on the new regionalism, global governance and international regimes and global civil society.
- Adopt a thematic and analytical approach to the subject.
- Provide a concise factual account of the rise of the international organisation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781403903037
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	08/10/2004
Series:	The Making of the Twentieth Century , #7
Edition description:	3rd ed. 2004
Pages:	280
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.63(d)

About the Author

DAVID ARMSTRONG is Professor of International Relations at the University of Exeter, UK.

LORNA LLOYD is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at Keele University, UK.

JOHN REDMOND is Professor of European Studies at the University of Birmingham, UK.
DAVID ARMSTRONG is Professor of International Relations at the University of Exeter, UK.

LORNA LLOYD is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at Keele University, UK.

JOHN REDMOND is Professor of European Studies at the University of Birmingham, UK.

Table of Contents

List of Figures
List of Abbreviations
Preface
The Rise of the International Organisation
The League of Nations
The American-led, Cold War United Nations: 1945-1960
The Third World UN: 1960-1980
A Period of Crisis: The UN in the 1980s
The New World Disorder: The UN and the Maintenance of International Peace
The Post-Cold War UN
The European Community, 1945-1969: Origins and Beginnings
The European Community, 1970-1985: Turbulence, Europessimism and Eurosclerosis Widening at a Cost?
The European Community, 1985-1992: From Community to Union Deepening Dominates While Widening Waits?
The European Union, 1993-2003: Deepening and Widening?
The New Regionalism
Towards Global Governance?
The Emergence of Global Civil Society
Bibliography
Index.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

Well-organized, well-written, and very engaging.' - Turan Kayaoglu, University of Washington

'An excellent account of the evolution of the United Nations system and the primary regional organizations, particularly the EU, by a team of leading British scholars. This book is a must for all those who seek to understand the character of contemporary international organization. It should rapidly find a place on the lists of key texts on this subject.' - Paul Taylor, The London School of Economics and Political Science

'An excellent introduction to the emergence and growth of international organizations in world politics.' - Marianne Hanson, University of Queensland

'In International Organisation in World Politics, Armstrong, Lloyd and Redmond chart this contradiction at the heart of international politics from the post-war creation of The League of Nations via the development of the UN to the eventual construction of a fully-formed European Union. In doing so, they provide a thorough and informative guide to the patterns of global governance in the post-war period.' - Paul Riseborough, Journal of European Affairs