International Organizations: Politics, Law, Practice

International Organizations: Politics, Law, Practice
ISBN-10
0521768349
ISBN-13
9780521768344
Series
International Organizations
Category
Political Science
Pages
294
Language
English
Published
2010-11-25
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Author
Ian Hurd

Description

International organizations are at the heart of many global issues today. This new textbook looks at the leading international organizations and explains how they both shape and are shaped by international politics. The book examines three themes: the legal obligations that give international organizations their powers; the mechanisms that elicit compliance by their member states; and the practices of enforcement in the organization. Each chapter shows how international organizations work in practice and the interactions between them and their member states. This fresh text provides a comprehensive understanding of what international organizations do, how and why they do it, and the challenges they face.

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