Rethinking International Organizations - Pathology and Promise (Paperback, New Ed)

The management of international organizations is attracting growing attention. Most of this attention is highly critical of both the UN system and International NGOs. Sometimes, this criticism lacks depth or reflects insufficient understanding of these organizations, or is based on narrow, and sometimes biased, internal political concerns of a particular country. International relations theory has insufficiently studied the type of linkages that these organizations provide between international decision-making and Northern fundraising on the one hand, and practical action in the South on the other. As a result, current theory too rarely focuses on the inner functioning of these organizations and is unable to explain the deficiencies and negative outcomes of their work. While the authors identify and describe the pathologies of international organizations in, for example, international diplomacy, fundraising, and implementation, they also stress positive elements, such as their intermediary role. The latter, in particular, could form the basis of more efficient and effective policies, in addition to other recent trends, also described in this volume, that hold hope for a stronger functioning of these organizations in the future. This book presents a long overdue empirical and theoretical overview of criticism on and cures for these organizations. It provides a fundamental rethinking of current approaches to the management of international organizations.

General

Imprint:	Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2003
First published:	December 2003
Editors:	Dennis Dijkzeul • Yves Beigbeder
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	360
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-1-57181-656-6
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > International institutions > General
LSN:	1-57181-656-9
Barcode:	9781571816566

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