Global Institutions
About the Book Series
Founded in 2003 by Professors Thomas G. Weiss and Rorden Wilkinson, and publishing its first volume in 2005, the Global Institutions book series is the benchmark series for works on the history, structure, and activities of international institutions and key issues and processes that permeate therein.
Covering topics of importance in contemporary and historical global governance, titles in the series cover the developments, membership, structure, decision-making procedures, key functions, problems, prospects, and possibilities confronting global institutions today and in the future.
Continuing the dedication of the founding series editors to high-quality, theoretical and empirical engagement with the full range of issues confronting global institutions, privileging knowledge from all perspectives, and publishing works in an accessible form for academic, policymaking, and lay audiences, we welcome new submissions to the series. To discuss proposals for research monographs, edited collections, short form books, and texts from a wide variety of intellectual orientations, theoretical persuasions, and methodological approaches please contact Rob Sorsby, Senior Editor for Politics and IR– [email protected].
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
2nd Edition
By Richard Woodward
September 25, 2023
Celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2021, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is routinely heralded as one of the leading organs of global governance, yet it remains one of the least written about and least well understood of our major global institutions. This fully ...
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization: The Enduring Alliance
3rd Edition
By Julian Lindley-French
May 17, 2023
This book is the concise story of NATO. It considers the origins, development, challenges, structure, and direction of the Alliance against the backdrop of a changing world and a changing Europe, the changing relationship of the United States to its Allies, the twin threats posed by both Russia and...
Governing Climate Change
3rd Edition
By Harriet Bulkeley, Peter Newell
May 05, 2023
This fully revised and expanded new edition provides a short and accessible introduction to how climate change is governed by an increasingly diverse range of actors, from civil society and business actors to multilateral development banks, donors, and cities. The issue of global climate change ...
Diaspora Organizations in International Affairs
1st Edition
Edited
By Dennis Dijkzeul, Margit Fauser
February 10, 2023
Analyzing the role and impact of Diaspora Organizations (DOs) in International Relations (IR), this interdisciplinary volume provides empirical accounts of their work across Europe, the Americas, Africa and the Middle East. Over the last three decades, DOs have increased in number, spread to new ...
Trade Interests and UN Funding: Commercial Earmarking of Multi-bi Aid
1st Edition
By Paweł Gmyrek
January 09, 2023
This book examines a particular type of donor behavior – known as country earmarking of contributions – which occurs within the voluntary financing system of the United Nations. The research demonstrates that already during the period of the Millennium Development Goals a large share of the ...
Why International Organizations Hate Politics: Depoliticizing the World
1st Edition
By Marieke Louis, Lucile Maertens
January 09, 2023
Building on the concept of depoliticization, this book provides a first systematic analysis of International Organizations (IO) apolitical claims. It shows that depoliticization sustains IO everyday activities while allowing them to remain engaged in politics, even when they pretend not to. ...
A Development Economist in the United Nations: Reasons for Hope
1st Edition
By Richard Jolly
November 22, 2022
This book explores the joys and occasional frustrations of a development economist working for the United Nations. From 1982 to 2000 Richard Jolly worked in senior positions in UNICEF and UNDP on assignments that were innovative, for the UN, the countries concerned and for development. The book ...
River Basin Organizations in Water Diplomacy
1st Edition
Edited
By Anoulak Kittikhoun, Susanne Schmeier
May 30, 2022
Will tensions and disputes among states sharing international water courses and lakes turn into active conflicts? Addressing this question, the book shows that these concerns are more prominent due to the locations and underlying political dynamics of some of these large rivers and the strategic ...
United Nations Industrial Development Organization: Industrial Solutions for a Sustainable Future
1st Edition
By Stephen Browne
January 31, 2022
The mandate of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) is close to many of the core issues now confronting developing and transition economy countries, and this book offers the first concise and accessible guide to this important organization. As the only UN organization to ...
Contemporary Preventive Diplomacy
1st Edition
By Bertrand Ramcharan
December 13, 2021
This book offers an explanation and evaluation of preventative diplomacy in an age of increasing precariousness. It emphasises the importance of pursuing diplomacy and human security in connection with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) which promote development grounded in peace, justice, and...
Small Countries, Big Diplomacy: Laos in the UN, ASEAN and MRC
1st Edition
By Alounkeo Kittikhoun, Anoulak Kittikhoun
October 18, 2021
This book shows how small countries use "big" diplomacy to advance national interests and global agendas – from issues of peace and security (the South China Sea and nuclearization in Korea) and human rights (decolonization) to development (landlocked and least developed countries) and environment ...
UN Global Compacts: Governing Migrants and Refugees
1st Edition
By Nicholas R. Micinski
April 29, 2021
UN Global Compacts is a concise introduction to the key concepts, issues, and actors in global migration governance and presents a comprehensive analysis of the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants, the Global Compact on Refugees, and the Global Compact for Migration. The book places the...