International Organizations in World Politics

This timely new title examines the importance and impact of major international organizations and their role in global governance. International Organizations in World Politics focuses on the most influential IOs, including the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, and World Trade Organization. For each organization, author Tamar Gutner describes their birth and evolution, governance structure, activities, and performance. A second chapter on each organization presents a case study that illuminates the constraints and challenges each IO faces. Regional organizations and issues are also examined, including the European Union and the euro crisis, as well as a case study on the African Union’s peace operations.

• Five to Rule Them All: The UN Security Council and the Making of the Modern World
• Rules for the World: International Organizations in Global Politics
• Rough Justice: The International Criminal Court in a World of Power Politics
• The European Union: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
• The United Nations and Changing World Politics
• The Third Revolution: Xi Jinping and the New Chinese State
• International Organizations: The Politics and Processes of Global Governance
• International Law for International Relations
• A World Beyond Borders: An Introduction to the History of International Organizations (International Themes and Issues)
• World Politics: Interests, Interactions, Institutions (Third Edition)