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  • © 2004

International Organisation in World Politics


  • Provides expert coverage on a wide range of international organizations, including the UN, EU and WTO
    New edition has been thoroughly revised and updated in the light of recent research and contains new chapters on global governance and global civil society

Part of the book series: The Making of the Twentieth Century (MATWCE)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
  2. The Rise of the International Organisation

    • David Armstrong, Lorna Lloyd, John Redmond
    Pages 1-15
  3. The League of Nations

    • David Armstrong, Lorna Lloyd, John Redmond
    Pages 16-36
  4. The American-led, Cold War UN, 1945–60

    • David Armstrong, Lorna Lloyd, John Redmond
    Pages 37-53
  5. The Third World UN, 1960–80

    • David Armstrong, Lorna Lloyd, John Redmond
    Pages 54-72
  6. A Period of Crisis: the UN in the 1980s

    • David Armstrong, Lorna Lloyd, John Redmond
    Pages 73-81
  7. The New World Disorder: the UN and the Maintenance of International Peace

    • David Armstrong, Lorna Lloyd, John Redmond
    Pages 82-115
  8. The Post-Cold War UN

    • David Armstrong, Lorna Lloyd, John Redmond
    Pages 116-140
  9. The European Community, 1945–69: Origins and Beginnings

    • David Armstrong, Lorna Lloyd, John Redmond
    Pages 141-157
  10. The European Union, 1993–2003: Deepening and Widening?

    • David Armstrong, Lorna Lloyd, John Redmond
    Pages 193-211
  11. The New Regionalism

    • David Armstrong, Lorna Lloyd, John Redmond
    Pages 212-230
  12. Towards Global Governance?

    • David Armstrong, Lorna Lloyd, John Redmond
    Pages 231-250
  13. The Emergence of Global Civil Society

    • David Armstrong, Lorna Lloyd, John Redmond
    Pages 251-265
  14. Back Matter

    Pages 266-280

About this book

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

About the authors

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.

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