International organizations
Subtitle: perspectives on governance in the twenty-first century
By: Kelly-Kate S. Pease.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Pearson/Prentice Hall
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Upper Saddle River, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 345
Subjects: International agencies; International organization; Regionalism (International organization)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-334) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Prior studies of international organizations: an overview; title: Organization of the text; title: International organizations: nuts and bolts; title: Intergovernmental organizations; title: The organization of Islamic Conference; title: Nongovernmental organizations; title: Multinational corporations; title: Conclusion; title: Mainstream approaches; title: Realism; title: Liberalism; title: Critical approaches; title: Marxism; title: Feminism; title: International security; title: The United Nations; title: Case study 1: The Persian Gulf crisis; title: The Security Council and Iraq after the Gulf War; title: Case study 2: Srebrenica 1995; title: Security Council reforms; title: Conclusion; title: Regional security; title: Post-World War II security alliances; title: NATO: history, membership, and structure; title: Case study 3: NATO expansion; title: NATO after the Balkans; title: The Arab League; title: Case study 4: Palestinian uprising 2000; title: The Israeli-Palestinian crisis after September 11; title: Trade; title: The history of international trade; title: The World Trade Organization (WTO); title: Multinational corporations (MNCS); title: Case study 5: The U.S. Clean Air Act; title: Challenges for the WTO; title: Case study 6: Genetically modified foods and organisms; title: Conclusion; title: Development; title: What is development?; title: Debt; title: The World Bank group; title: The International Monetary Fund (IMF); title: The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD); title: The UN Development Program (UNDP); title: Case study 7: The Mexican peso crisis; title: Contagion?; title: Case study 8: Indonesia; title: Conclusion; title: The environment; title: The tragedy of the commons; title: Environmental problems; title: The Stockholm conference (1972); title: The UN Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS); title: Efforts to protect biodiversity; title: The Vienna convention of the protection of the ozone and the Montreal protocol (1985); title: The Rio Conference; title: Case study 9: Global warming; title: Global warming: a postscript; title: Case study 10: Whaling; title: Conclusion; title: Social and humanitarian issues; title: Refugees; title: Major human rights agreements; title: UN agencies and human rights; title: Regional human rights accords and agencies; title: NGOs and human rights; title: Humanitarian intervention; title: Case study 11: Rwanda; title: Case study 12: The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia; title: Conclusion; title: Global governance in 2075; title: A realist cut; title: A liberal cut; title: A marxist cut; title: A feminist cut; title: Conclusion; title: Appendices; title: Appendix A: covenant of the League of Nations; title: Appendix B: Charter of the United Nations; title: Appendix C: Universal Declaration of Human Rights; title: Appendix D: Purposes of the International Monetary Fund; title: Bibliography; title: Index.