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International Organizations

International Organizations
‘Impressive in coverage, comprehensive in scope, there
are few texts that offer as compelling an introduction
This text provides a pioneering and
comprehensive analysis of over one hundred
International
Organizations
to the complex world of international organisation as international organizations. After introducing
this. Readers are treated to a rich, historically grounded, the broad historical and contextual
investigation of myriad international organisations, settings, the book covers the full range of
and invited to consider international organisation international organizations including those
as a complete phenomena rather than one that is that are often overlooked or get minimal
subdivided into segments that when explored in isolation
tell us little about the onward march of international
institutionalisation. There is little doubt this book is major
inclusion elsewhere. Each organization
is analyzed in a stand-alone section that
considers its origins, basic mandates and
A Companion
contribution to the field and a must read for all interested evolution, the governance structure and the
in international organisation and global governance.’ associated key players, current activities
Rorden Wilkinson, University of Manchester, UK and future challenges. The descriptions
also reflect each organization’s broader
‘This is an amazingly comprehensive volume that really relationships with other international bodies.
discusses the full universe of international organizations.
It takes history seriously, and it has an exceptional
Some of the organizations covered
discussion of why international organizations are created
include:
that helps students appreciate the role of private actors
in global governance. It also takes IO design seriously • The United Nations plus its
system of semi-autonomous and
in a way that links structure to outcomes. Having a
Specialized Agencies
common structure for all of the chapters helps students
appreciate the challenges that IOs face as well as their • he European Union and other
T

regional organizations
vital importance.’
Martin S. Edwards, Seton Hall University, USA • The development banks, m
international financial institutions
and other international economic
‘This is by far the most comprehensive one-volume
organizations
compendium yet published on international organizations,
far more useful and interesting than any simple • The international scientific,
transport, communications and
directory. Clear overviews are provided of all the main
agricultural organizations.
organizations, including many less well known and

Richard Woodward
usually ignored, interspersed with boxes of key individual
and milestone events. Professionals, international This detailed textbook will serve an essential

Michael Davies
businessmen even diplomats will find this a mine of companion volume supplementing core
relevant information, endlessly useful, especially for the texts on undergraduate modules where
mature comments of well-informed insiders. Students international organizations have a
wanting an introduction to the UN, the development prominent role.
banks or the Bretton Woods Institutions or writing
theses on international organizations will find it a
wonderful introduction to a complex and ever more Michael Davies is formerly of the
important world.’ Inter-American Development Bank and
Sir Richard Jolly, Co-author of UN Ideas That Changed Richard Woodward is at the University
the World of Hull, UK.

Michael Davies
Richard Woodward

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