International Organizations

This volume in the Global Institutions series will focus on the history, decision making procedures, relevance, functions, and operations of the Organization of American States. The organization will be analyzed in the context of the web of international and regional institutions that deal with glob..

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is the world’s leading international Islamic organization. Turan Kayaoglu provides the first accessible and concise introduction and overview of this important organization. _x005F_x005F_x000D_..

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is the world’s leading international Islamic organization. Turan Kayaoglu provides the first accessible and concise introduction and overview of this important organization. _x000D_..

The contributions in this book demonstrate how aid workers’ personal and professional relationships and values influence their perspectives on, and practices of aid, and argue that these need to be taken into account to achieve a more comprehensive understanding of development._x005F_x000D_ This boo..

The contributions in this book demonstrate how aid workers’ personal and professional relationships and values influence their perspectives on, and practices of aid, and argue that these need to be taken into account to achieve a more comprehensive understanding of development._x005F_x000D_ This boo..

Evidence-based policy-making has imposed itself as the best way to evaluate the risks and consequences of political action in global arenas. In the absence of alternative, democratic modes of legitimation, international organizations have adopted this approach to policy-making. Scholars of public po..

This book seeks to develop an alternative approach to the analysis of IOs that takes account of all those involved, whether state representatives, IO leaders and members of the secretariat. ..

The book will set the scene through a theoretical introduction to ask the questions, and then features chapters on each IO from experts, with comments and additional insights from experienced practitioners or observers, and a conclusion that explicitly draws out the comparative lessons and contrasts..

This book seeks to move away from the discussions of whether the Security Council —in its current composition and working methods—is representative, capable, or productive – as such issues are already extensively debated in other forums. Rather the book seeks to assess whether the specific legislati..

This book seeks to move away from the discussions of whether the Security Council —in its current composition and working methods—is representative, capable, or productive – as such issues are already extensively debated in other forums. Rather the book seeks to assess whether the specific legislati..

This collection contributes to the ongoing reconceptualization of security and definition of security governance, and explores whether regional security governance processes are unique or similar and whether some organizational experiences can be seen as models for others to follow. It combines a co..

The book provides a structural analysis of the transformation of UN conflict management, from the failure to prevent genocide in Rwanda to Darfur, and moves on to examine the development of Responsibility to Protect and the Peacebuilding Commission...