International Organizations
Drawing on mainstream and critical theoretical approaches, International Organizations offers a comprehensive examination of the role of international organizations in world politics. This text details the types and activities of international organizations and provides students with the conceptual tools needed to evaluate their effectiveness. Surveying key issue areas including security, trade, development, the environment and human rights, International Organizations looks at global governance from a broad range of perspectives.
New to the Sixth Edition
- Focused on the seismic shifts caused by the rise of national populism and the effects on the more liberal institutions of global governance.
- Fully revised throughout with a feature on the EU in the face of Brexit, the Greek financial crisis, and global migration.
- Adds a new section on the Arab League, expanded coverage of NGOs, and updates on the Paris Climate Accords.
- Overhauls the chapter on International Security including expanded coverage of the UNs present and historical role.
- Includes a new chapter on Regional Security covering NATO and ECOWAS.
- Provides new case studies on Syria, Ukraine, SDGs, and the global migration crisis, among several others.
Kelly-Kate S. Pease is Professor in the Department of History, Politics, and International Relations at Webster University and Director of the International Relations Online Program. She is also the Founding Director of the Institute for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies, the Global MA program in International Relations, and the MA program in International Nongovernmental Organizations. She is author of Human Rights and Humanitarian Diplomacy and co-author of The United Nations and Changing World Politics .
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First edition published by Pearson Education, Inc. 2000
Second edition published by Pearson Education, Inc. 2003
Third edition published by Pearson Education, Inc. 2007
Fourth edition published by Pearson Education, Inc. 2010
Fifth edition published by Pearson Education, Inc. 2012 and Routledge 2016
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Pease, Kelly-Kate S., 1965
Title: International organizations: perspectives on global governance /
Kelly-Kate S. Pease, Webster University.
Description: Sixth edition. | New York, NY: Routledge, 2019.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018008366| ISBN 9780815380450 (hardback) |
ISBN 9780815380467 (pbk.) | ISBN 9781351213110 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: International agencies. | International organization. |
Regionalism (International organization)
Classification: LCC JZ4839 .P43 2019 | DDC 341.2dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018008366
ISBN: 978-0-8153-8045-0 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-0-8153-8046-7 (pbk)
ISBN: 978-1-3512-1311-0 (ebk)
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Brief Contents
- CHAPTER 2 International Organizations: Nuts and Bolts
- CHAPTER 3 Mainstream Theories
- CHAPTER 4 Critical Theories and Approaches
- CHAPTER 5 International Security
- CHAPTER 6 Regional Security
- CHAPTER 7 Trade
- CHAPTER 8 Development
- CHAPTER 9 The Environment
- CHAPTER 10 Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs
- CHAPTER 11 Global Governance in 2050