The Routledge history of international organizations from 1815 to the present day - Reinalda, Bob. (Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2009)
pt. 1. 1815 : British hegemony and the invention of the multilateral conference plus follow-up conference : the Concert of Europe and the Central Commission for the Navigation of the Rhine -- pt. 2. Transnational networks of citizens : from the anti-slavery movement in 1815 to the International Committee of the Red Cross of 1863 -- pt. 3. The creation of the Hague system : the arbitration movement and the 1899 and 1907 Peace Conferences in the Hague -- pt. 4. Public international unions 1865-1914 : institutionalization of conferences and the creation of continental markets in Europe and the Americas -- pt. 5. The international foundation for the welfare state 1880-1914 : how governments became involved in international labour legislation -- pt. 6. Laying down the path of collective security : the First World War, the League of Nations founded (1919) and the interwar period -- pt. 7. Laying down the path of common economic endeavours : the International Labour Organization (1919) and the economic and social activities of the League of Nations -- pt. 8. American hegemony and the genesis and evolution of the United Nations system -- pt. 9. Collective security in a bipolar world 1945-80 -- pt. 10. Economic cooperation in a bipolar world 1945-70 -- pt. 11. Decolonization, the North-South devide and Third World experiences with global and regional international organizations 1960-80 -- pt. 12. Development aid, environmental protection and human rights as normative powers : NGO pressure on governments through intergovernmental organizations 1960-80 -- pt. 13. International organizations in the 1980s : The Cold War intensifies and neoliberalism replaces Keynesianism -- pt. 14. The 1990s and new challenges for the United Nations as peacekeeper -- pt. 15. Globalization in the 1990s : new challenges for the United Nations system as promoter of economic and social stability -- pt. 16. Regional international organizations from the 1980s onwards -- pt. 17. Security and the international economy on the threshold of the twenty-first century.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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