Ian Hurd

International Organizations (eBook, PDF)

Politics, Law, Practice

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This fourth edition introduces modern international organizations, highlighting the legal and political features of the most important global institutions.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. August 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108896849
• Artikelnr.: 70911147

Autorenporträt

Ian Hurd is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Weinberg College Center for International and Area Studies at Northwestern University, where he teaches international politics and law. His research combines contemporary global affairs with attention to the conceptual frames used to make sense of the world. His previous books include How to Do Things with International Law (2017), After Anarchy: Legitimacy and Power in the UN Security Council (2007), which won the 2008 Chadwick F. Alger Prize, Oxford Handbook of International Organizations (co-editor, 2017), and The UN Security Council and the Politics of International Authority (co-editor, 2008). He has been a visiting scholar at the American Bar Foundation, the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton, Sciences Po in Paris, and elsewhere, and is past-Chair of the International Organization section of the International Studies Association.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction to international organizations
2. Theory, methods, and international organizations
3. The United Nations I: law and administration
4. The United Nations II: international peace and security
5. The World Trade Organization
6. The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank
7. The International Labor Organization
8. The World Health Organization
9. Refugees and international migration: UNHCR, the IOM, and the 1951 Convention
10. The International Court of Justice
11. The International Criminal Court
12. The European Union and regional organizations
13. FIFA, the IOC, and the Court of Arbitration for Sport
Index.

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1. Introduction to international organizations; 2. Theory, methods, and international organizations; 3. The United Nations I: law and administration; 4. The United Nations II: international peace and security; 5. The World Trade Organization; 6. The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank; 7. The International Labor Organization; 8. Refugees and international migration: UNHCR, the IOM, and the 1951 Convention; 9. The International Court of Justice; 10. The International Criminal Court; 11. The European Union and regional organizations; 12. Conclusion.

Rezensionen

'Ian Hurd's International Organizations has established itself as one of the most accessible and insightful textbooks on this important topic. Offering a world tour of the UN, the WTO, and other key institutions, it dives deeply into the daily practice of those institutions with thoughtful and thought-provoking examinations of the interplay of law and politics.' Simon Chesterman, Dean and Professor, National University of Singapore Faculty of Law, and Editor of the Asian Journal of International Law