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International organizations such as the United Nations, the World Trade Organization, the European Union and the World Bank play an increasing role in international politics.Substantially adapted for its first English publication from its third German edition, this broad-ranging and up-to-date textbook provides a theoretical and empirical introduction to the politics and policies of such organizations.
Table of contents:
PART I: THEORY AND HISTORY OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
Introduction: International Organisations as an Object of Public Interest and Political Science
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Produktbeschreibung
International organizations such as the United Nations, the World Trade Organization, the European Union and the World Bank play an increasing role in international politics.Substantially adapted for its first English publication from its third German edition, this broad-ranging and up-to-date textbook provides a theoretical and empirical introduction to the politics and policies of such organizations.

Table of contents:
PART I: THEORY AND HISTORY OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
Introduction: International Organisations as an Object of Public Interest and Political Science
Theories of International Organisations
History of International Organisations
PART II: POLICY-MAKING IN AND BY INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
International Organisations as Political Systems
Actors, Interests and Capabilities: Providing Input
Converting Inputs into Outputs: Decision-Making Processes in International Organisations
Outputs of International Organisations
PART III: INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS IN KEY POLICY DOMAINS
Security
Welfare
System of Rule
PART IV: LOOKING AHEAD
Perspectives on Governance with International Organizations
Autorenporträt
VOLKER RITTBERGER is Professor of Political Science and International Relations, Institute of Political Science, University of Tübingen, Germany.BERNHARD ZANGL is Professor of International and Transnational Relations and Director of the Institute for Intercultural and International Studies, University of Bremen, Germany.MATTHIAS STAISCH is a Doctoral Student in Political Science, University of Chicago, USA.