International Organization

by Volker Rittberger, Bernhard Zangl, Andreas Kruck

The third edition of this popular core textbook provides wide-ranging coverage of the structure, internal working, policies and performance of international organizations such as the UN, EU, IMF and World Bank. Such organizations have never been so important in addressing the challenges that face our increasingly globalised world. This book introduces students to theories with which to approach international organizations, their history, and their ability to respond to contemporary issues in world politics from nuclear disarmament, climate change and human rights protection, to trade, monetary and financial relations, and international development. Underpinning the text is the authors' unique model that views international organizations as actual organizations. Reacting to world events, political actors provide the 'inputs' which are converted by the political systems of these organizations (through various decision-making procedures) into 'outputs' that achieve varying levels of real-world impact and effectiveness.

This is the perfect text for undergraduate and postgraduate students of Politics and International Relations taking courses on International Organization and Global Governance, as well as essential reading for those studying the UN, the EU and Globalization.

Genres: Politics

286 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1994

Reviews

[Naeem Abbas]

its good to read

[Hafiz · Rating 3 out of 5]

I want to read

[Teresa Garcia · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a very well done book, and was required reading for one of my classes. I really liked that there were graphs to help illustrate some of the information and that there were discussion questions at the end of each chapter. The chapters themselves were very well laid out and easily understood as well.

Stylistically, I was grabbed by the headings. Several different typefaces were used in the layout, which would not have annoyed me as much if the typefaces were more closely related. This is something that has no bearing on the information, but if you are one of those people that like to see type families that are less jarring, try not to grind your teeth at the headers too much.

This was a very good book for an overview of International Organization and the parts that IOs, NGOs and IGOs have to play in world politics. It gave comprehensive explanation of the various models as well.