The Oxford Handbook of International Organizations

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. "both the Oxford Handbook and Judicial Decisions are fine volumes in their own right ... solid and reliable." -- Jan Klabbers, International Organizations Law Review "This particular Handbook offers academics, scholars and lawyers an astoundingly diverse and extensive range of contemporary research on, in this case, international organizations... The book's three expert editors head a team of no less than sixty-six international contributors comprising academics and practitioners, who together present a veritable treasure trove of up-to-the-minute analysis and commentary on 'IOs', including the legal, political and practical issues with which they are concerned... International lawyers especially, will find this overview of the various perspectives on the workings of international organizations immensely useful." - Phillip Taylor , The Barrister Provides an authoritative account of the law and politics of international organizations. 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 Pet