The Oxford Handbook of International Organizations
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.
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The Oxford Handbook of International Organizations
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.
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The Oxford Handbook of International Organizations

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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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780199672202
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 01/17/2017
Series: Oxford Handbooks
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 1344
Product dimensions: 6.90(w) x 9.80(h) x 2.30(d)

About the Author

Jacob Katz Cogan, Judge Joseph P. Kinneary Professor of Law, University of Cincinnati College of Law, Ian Hurd, Associate Professor of Political Science, Northwestern University, Ian Johnstone, Academic Dean and Professor of International Law, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University

Jacob Katz Cogan is Judge Joseph P. Kinneary Professor of Law at the University of Cincinnati College of Law. He previously worked in the Office of the Legal Adviser of the U.S. Department of State, including as attorney-adviser to the Department's Bureau of International Organization Affairs.

Ian Hurd is Associate Professor of Political Science at Northwestern University.

Ian Johnstone is Professor of International Law at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University. He previously worked in the Executive Office of the Secretary General of the United Nations, as well as the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and Office of Legal Affairs.

Contributors:

Helge Årsheim - University of Oslo
Timm Betz - Texas A&M University
Niels Blokker - Leiden University
Laurence Boisson de Chazournes - University of Geneva
Inken von Borzyskowski - Florida State University
Gian Luca Burci - Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
Andrew Cassels - Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
Simon Chesterman - National University of Singapore
B.S. Chimni - Jawaharlal Nehru University
James Cockayne - United Nations University
Jacob Katz Cogan - University of Cincinnati
Jean-Marc Coicaud - Rutgers University, Newark
John Crook - George Washington University
Anjali Dayal - Fordham University
Klaus Dingwerth - University of St. Gallen
Jeffrey Dunoff - Temple University
Jeremy Farrall - Australian National University
Chiara Giorgetti - University of Richmond
Madeleine Herren - University of Basel
Lise Morjé Howard - Georgetown University
Bjørn Høyland - University of Oslo
Ian Hurd - Northwestern University
Ian Johnstone - Tufts University
Margaret P. Karns - University of Dayton
Georg Kell - United Nations
Jan Klabbers - University of Helsinki
Pierre Klein - Free University of Brussels
Mathias Koenig-Archibugi - London School of Economics
Barbara Koremenos - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Brian Langille - University of Toronto
David Le Blanc - United Nations
Peter Lindseth - University of Connecticut
Gil Loescher - University of Oxford
David M. Malone - United Nations University
Stephen Mathias - United Nations
Walter Mattli - University of Oxford
Rohinton P. Medhora - Centre for International Governance Innovation
Manuela Moschella - Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa
Milton Mueller - Georgia Institute of Technology
Patrizia Nanz - University of Bremen
Stephen C. Nelson - Northwestern University
Jed Odermatt - University of Leuven
Anne Peters - Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law
Jon Pevehouse - University of Wisconsin, Madison
Touko Piiparinen - University of Helsinki
August Reinisch - University of Vienna
Dan Sarooshi - University of Oxford
David J. Scheffer - Northwestern University
Frank Schimmelfennig - ETH Zurich
Jan Aart Scholte - University of Gothenburg
Dinah Shelton - George Washington University
Waheguru Pal Singh Sidhu - Brookings Institution
Michael R. Snyder - International Peace Institute
Jonas Tallberg - Stockholm University
Ramesh Thakur - Australian National University
Joel P. Trachtman - Tufts University
Stadler Trengove - United Nations
Santiago Villalpando - United Nations
Catherine Weaver - University of Texas, Austin
Thomas G. Weiss - City University of New York
Marc Weller - University of Cambridge
Ramses A. Wessel - University of Twente
Nigel D. White - University of Nottingham
David A. Wirth - Boston College
Jan Wouters - University of Leuven
Dominik Zaum - University of Reading

Table of Contents

Jacob Katz Cogan, Ian Hurd, & Ian Johnstone: Preface
I. Introduction
1. Jon Pevehouse & Inken von Borzyskowski: International Organizations in World Politics
2. Anne Peters: International Organizations and International Law
3. Jeffrey Dunoff: The Law and Politics of International Organizations
II: History
4. Madeleine Herren: International Organizations, 1865-1945
5. B.S. Chimni: International Organizations, 1945-Present
III: Forms of Organization
6. Jan Klabbers: Formal Inter-Governmental Organizations
7. Peter Lindseth: Supranational Organizations
8. Walter Mattli: Private Transnational Governance
IV: Activities of Organizations
9. Lise Morjé Howard & Anjali Dayal: Peace Operations
10. James Cockayne: Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crime
11. Waheguru Pal Singh Sidhu: Non-Proliferation and Disarmament
12. Dinah Shelton: Human Rights
13. David J. Scheffer: Criminal Justice
14. Thomas G. Weiss: Humanitarian Action
15. Gil Loescher: Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons
16. Joel P. Trachtman: Trade
17. Manuela Moschella: International Finance
18. Frank Schimmelfennig: Economic Relations and Integration
19. David M. Malone & Rohinton P. Medhora: Development
20. David A. Wirth: Environment
21. Gian Luca Burci & Andrew Cassels: Health
22. Brian Langille: Labor
23. Helge Årsheim: Religion
24. Ian Johnstone & Michael Snyder: Democracy Promotion
25. Milton Mueller: Communications and the Internet
V: The Functions of International Organizations
26. Nigel D. White: Lawmaking
27. Timm Betz & Barbara Koremenos: Monitoring Processes
28. Jeremy Farrall: Sanctions
29. Marc Weller: Use of Force
30. John R. Crook: Dispute Settlement
31. David Le Blanc & Jean-Marc Coicaud: Information Gathering, Analysis, and Dissemination
VI: Relationships of International Organizations with Other Actors
32. Laurence Boisson de Chazournes: Relations with Other International Organizations
33. Jan Aart Scholte: Relations with Civil Society
34. Georg Kell: Relations with the Private Sector
VII: Structure and Operations
35. Margaret P. Karns: General Assemblies and Assemblies of States Parties
36. Bjørn Høyland: Parliaments
37. Ramses A. Wessel: Executive Boards and Councils
38. Simon Chesterman: Executive Heads
39. Touko Piiparinen: Secretariats
40. Ramesh Thakur: High-Level Panels
41. Chiara Giorgetti: International Adjudicative Bodies
42. Jacob Katz Cogan: Financing and Budgets
43. Stephen C. Nelson & Catherine Weaver: Organizational Culture
VIII: International Institutional Law
44. Niels Blokker: Constituent Instruments
45. Stephen Mathias & Stadler Trengove: Membership and Representation
46. Dan Sarooshi: Legal Capacity and Powers
47. Jan Wouters & Jed Odermatt: Assessing the Legality of Decisions
48. Pierre Klein: Responsibility
49. August Reinisch: Privileges and Immunities
50. Santiago Villalpando: The Law of the International Civil Service
51. Santiago Villalpando: International Administrative Tribunals
IX: Principles of Governance
52. Dominik Zaum: Legitimacy
53. Klaus Dingwerth & Patrizia Nanz: Participation
54. Mathias Koenig-Archibugi: Accountability
55. Jonas Tallberg: Transparency
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