A World Beyond Borders: An Introduction to the History of International Organizations (International Themes & Issues) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

A World Beyond Borders: An Introduction to the History of International Organizations (International Themes & Issues) Book

This short and well-written overview provides essential information on the history of international organizations (IOs) with particular focus on the League of Nations the development of the United Nations and the UN system. Starting at the beginning of the twentieth century when there were very few international organizations in existence A World Beyond Borders traces the growth of IOs through to the close of the century when there were literally thousands at the heart of the international system. Following this chronological order the book examines how international organizations became the major legal moral and cultural forces that they are today involved in all aspects of international relations including peacekeeping disarmament peace resolution human rights diplomacy and environmentalism. This book is the first in the Canadian Historical Association / University of Toronto Press International Themes and Issues Series which is dedicated to publishing concise focused overviews of topics that are of international significance in the study of history.Read More

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  • Blackwell

    This lucid, thoughtful synthesis makes excellent sense of the dense web that international organizations have spun around the globe over the last two centuries. Above all, by highlighting their role in relation to states and by assessing their...

  • 1442601825
  • 9781442601826
  • David Mackenzie
  • 15 January 2010
  • Toronto University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 192
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