Handbook of International Organizations

The Handbook combines theoretical and empirical perspectives and comprises conceptual debates about current challenges to international organizations. Building on theoretical discussions in their study of international organizations, the individual chapters provide basic and up to date knowledge about regional and global organizations as well as development banks and offer insight into their role in world politics.

Autorentext

Dr. Katja Freistein is head of the research group 'Global Cooperation and Diverse Conceptions of World Order' at the Centre for Global Cooperation Research, University of Duisburg-Essen.

Dr. Julia Leininger is head of the research program "Transformation of political (dis-)order: Institutions, values & peace" at the Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), formerly German Development Institute.

Dr. Silke Weinlich is senior researcher at the research program "Inter- and transnational cooperation" at the Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), formerly German Development Institute.

Klappentext

In an increasingly complex and interdependent world, international organizations are vital components of global governance and arenas for cooperation and norm-building and standard setting. At the same time, they accumulate and provide knowledge and expertise and act as implementing agents in areas ranging from sustainable development over security and beyond. The Handbook of International Organizations offers both a conceptual introduction to academic debates and a broad overview of the goals, tasks and effectiveness of global, regional and issue-specific international organizations. Expanding the scope of the first volume substantively, the book now includes chapters on XXX international organizations.

Chapters in the first part discuss international organizations in relation to theoretical debates in the study of International Relations and the current global context. In the second, lexical part, chapters outline the evolution, operations and current challenges of individual international organizations and provide sources for further research.

Students of International Relations and related fields will find a reliable source to consult for seminal information and current trends in international organizations research.