Virtually every important question of public policy today involves an international organization. From trade to intellectual property to health policy and beyond, governments interact with international organizations in almost everything they do. Increasingly, individual citizens are directly affected by the work of international organizations.
Aimed at academics, students, practitioners, and lawyers, this book gives a comprehensive overview of the world of international organizations today. It emphasizes both the practical aspects of their organization and operation, and the conceptual issues that arise at the junctures between nation-states and international authority, and between law and politics. While the focus is on inter-governmental organizations, the book also encompasses non-governmental organizations and public policy networks.
With essays by the leading scholars and practitioners, the book first considers the main international organizations and the kinds of problems they address. This includes chapters on the organizations that relate to trade, humanitarian aid, peace operations, and more, as well as chapters on the history of international organizations.
The book then looks at the constituent parts and internal functioning of international organizations. This addresses the internal management of the organization, and includes chapters on the distribution of decision-making power within the organizations, the structure of their assemblies, the role of Secretaries-General and other heads, budgets and finance, and other elements of complex bureaucracies at the international level. This book is essential reading for scholars, practitioners, and students alike.
I. Introduction
1.: International Organizations in World Politics, Jon Pevehouse and Inken von Borzyskowski
2.: International Organizations and International Law, Anne Peters
3.: The Law and Politics of International Organizations, Jeffrey Dunoff
II. History
4.: International Organizations, 1865-1945, Madeleine Herren
5.: International Organizations, 1945-Present, B.S. Chimni
III. Forms of Organization
6.: Formal Inter-Governmental Organizations, Jan Klabbers
7.: Supranational Organizations, Peter Lindseth
8.: Private Transnational Governance, Walter Mattli
IV. Activities of Organizations
9.: Peace Operations, Lise Morjé Howard and Anjali Dayal
10.: Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crime, James Cockayne
11.: Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, Waheguru Pal Singh Sidhu
12.: Human Rights, Dinah Shelton
13.: Criminal Justice, David J. Scheffer
14.: Humanitarian Action, Thomas G. Weiss
15.: Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons, Gil Loescher
16.: Trade, Joel Trachtman
17.: International Finance, Manuela Moschella
18.: Economic Relations and Integration, Frank Schimmelfennig
19.: Development, David M. Malone and Rohinton P. Medhora
20.: Environment, David A. Wirth
21.: Health, Gian Luca Burci and Andrew Cassels
22.: Labour, Brian Langille
23.: Religion, Helge Arsheim
24.: Democracy Promotion, Ian Johnstone and Michael Snyder
25.: Communications and the Internet, Milton Mueller
V. The Functions of International Organizations
26.: Lawmaking, Nigel D. White
27.: Monitoring Processes, Timm Betz and Barbara Koremenos
28.: Sanctions, Jeremy Farrall
29.: Use of Force, Marc Weller
30.: Dispute Settlement, John R. Crook
31.: Information Gathering, Analysis, and Dissemination, Jean-Marc Coicaud and David Le Blanc
VI. Relationships of International Organizations with Other Actors
32.: Relationships of International Organizations with Other Actors, Laurence Boisson de Chazournes
33.: Relations with Civil Society, Jan Aart Scholte
34.: Relations with the Private Sector, George Kell
VII. Structure and Operations
35.: General Assemblies and Assemblies of States Parties, Margaret P. Karns
36.: Parliaments, Bjørn Høyland
37.: Executive Boards and Councils, Ramses A. Wessel
38.: Executive Heads, Simon Chesterman
39.: Secretariats, Touko Piiparinen
40.: High-Level Panels, Ramesh Thakur
41.: International Adjudicative Bodies, Chiara Giorgetti
42.: Financing and Budgets, Jacob Katz Cogan
43.: Organizational Culture, Stephen C. Nelson and Catherine Weaver
VIII. International Institutional Law
44.: Constituent Instruments, Niels Blokker
45.: Membership and Representation, Stephen Mathias and Stadler Trengove
46.: Legal Capacity and Powers, Dan Sarooshi
47.: Assessing the Legality of Decisions, Jan Wouters and Jed Odermatt
48.: Responsibility, Pierre Klein
49.: Privileges and Immunities, August Reinisch
50.: The Law of the International Civil Service, Santiago Villalpando
51.: International Administrative Tribunals, Santiago Villalpando
IX. Principles of Governance
52.: Legitimacy, Dominik Zaum
53.: Participation, Patrizia Nanz and Klaus Dingwerth
54.: Accountability, Mathias Koenig-Archibugi
55.: Transparency, Jonas Tallberg
