Details

Subject(s)

• International agencies—History [Browse]
• International organization—History [Browse]

Summary note

This is a definitive and comprehensive history of international organizations from their very beginning at the Congress of Vienna in 1815 up to the present day, and provides the reader with nearly two centuries of world history seen from the perspective of international organizations. It covers the three main fields of international relations: security, economics and the humanitarian domain which often overlap in international organizations. As well as global and intercontinental organizations, the book also covers regional international organizations and international non-governmental orga

Notes

Description based upon print version of record.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of description

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Language note

English

Contents

• pt. 1. 1815 : British hegemony and the invention of the multilateral conference plus follow-up conference : the Concert of Europe and the Central Commission for the Navigation of the Rhine
• pt. 2. Transnational networks of citizens : from the anti-slavery movement in 1815 to the International Committee of the Red Cross of 1863
• pt. 3. The creation of the Hague system : the arbitration movement and the 1899 and 1907 Peace Conferences in the Hague
• pt. 4. Public international unions 1865-1914 : institutionalization of conferences and the creation of continental markets in Europe and the Americas
• pt. 5. The international foundation for the welfare state 1880-1914 : how governments became involved in international labour legislation
• pt. 6. Laying down the path of collective security : the First World War, the League of Nations founded (1919) and the interwar period
• pt. 7. Laying down the path of common economic endeavours : the International Labour Organization (1919) and the economic and social activities of the League of Nations
• pt. 8. American hegemony and the genesis and evolution of the United Nations system
• pt. 9. Collective security in a bipolar world 1945-80
• pt. 10. Economic cooperation in a bipolar world 1945-70
• pt. 11. Decolonization, the North-South devide and Third World experiences with global and regional international organizations 1960-80
• pt. 12. Development aid, environmental protection and human rights as normative powers : NGO pressure on governments through intergovernmental organizations 1960-80
• pt. 13. International organizations in the 1980s : The Cold War intensifies and neoliberalism replaces Keynesianism
• pt. 14. The 1990s and new challenges for the United Nations as peacekeeper
• pt. 15. Globalization in the 1990s : new challenges for the United Nations system as promoter of economic and social stability
• pt. 16. Regional international organizations from the 1980s onwards
• pt. 17. Security and the international economy on the threshold of the twenty-first century.

Show 14 more Contents items

ISBN

• 1-134-02404-5
• 1-134-02405-3
• 1-282-23483-8
• 1-78034-805-3
• 9786612234835
• 0-203-87657-1

OCLC

• 449205347
• 437143234
• 1027159215
• 237881076

Doi

• 10.4324/9780203876572

Statement on responsible collection description

Princeton University Library aims to describe library materials in a manner that is respectful to the individuals and communities who create, use, and are represented in the collections we manage. Read more...