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International Organizations as Self-Directed Actors: A Framework for Analysis (Global Institutions) - Softcover

 
9780415782913: International Organizations as Self-Directed Actors: A Framework for Analysis (Global Institutions)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0415782910 ISBN 13: 9780415782913
Publisher: Routledge, 2012

Synopsis

This exciting new text illustrates and advances the argument that International Organizations (IOs) need to be taken seriously as actors in world affairs.

Bringing together an international line-up of distinguished contributors, the text examines recent theories that suggest how IOs are able to set their own policies and implement them in meaningful ways. The chapters review these theoretical positions and then present a series of case studies which focus on how these theories play out when IOs are charged with solving global problems: including development, peacekeeping and environmental policy coordination.

Examining and analysing both positive and negative examples of this independence, this text is a valuable resource on the topic of the internal workings of IOs, providing the richest and most focused textbook so far dealing with the capacity of IOs for independent action in international politics. It is essential reading for all students of international organizations.

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About the Author

Joel E. Oestreich is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Drexel University, specializing in international relations.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2012
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415782910
ISBN 13 
9780415782913
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
304
Editor
Oestreich Joel E.