Textbook in PDF format Virtually every important question of public policy today involves an international organization. From trade to intellectual property to health policy and beyond, governments interact with international organizations in almost everything they do. Increasingly, individual citizens are directly affected by the work of international organizations. Aimed at academics, students, practitioners, and lawyers, this book gives a comprehensive overview of the world of international organizations today. It emphasizes both the practical aspects of their organization and operation, and the conceptual issues that arise at the junctures between nation-states and international authority, and between law and politics. While the focus is on inter-governmental organizations, the book also encompasses non-governmental organizations and public policy networks. With essays by the leading scholars and practitioners, the book first considers the main international organizations and the kinds of problems they address. This includes chapters on the organizations that relate to trade, humanitarian aid, peace operations, and more, as well as chapters on the history of international organizations. The book then looks at the constituent parts and internal functioning of international organizations. This addresses the internal management of the organization, and includes chapters on the distribution of decision-making power within the organizations, the structure of their assemblies, the role of Secretaries-General and other heads, budgets and finance, and other elements of complex bureaucracies at the international level. This book is essential reading for scholars, practitioners, and students alike. Introduction International Organizations in World Politics / Jon Pevehouse and Inken von Borzyskowski International Organizations and International Law / Anne Peters The Law and Politics of International Organizations / Jeffrey L. Dunoff History International Organizations, 1865–1945 / Madeleine Herren International Organizations, 1945–Present / B. S. Chimni Forms of Organization Formal Intergovernmental Organizations / Jan Klabbers Supranational Organizations / Peter L. Lindseth Private Transnational Governance / Walter Mattli Activities of Organizations Peace Operations / Anjali Dayal and Lise Morjé Howard Counterterrorism and Transnational Crime / James Cockayne Non-Proliferation and Disarmament / Waheguru Pal Singh Sidhu Human Rights / Dinah Shelton Criminal Justice / David J. Scheffer Humanitarian Action / Thomas G. Weiss Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons / Gil Loescher Trade / Joel P. Trachtman International Finance / Manuela Moschella Economic Relations and Integration / Frank Schimmelfennig Development / David M. Malone and Rohinton P. Medhora Environment / David A. Wirth Health / Gian Luca Burci and Andrew Cassels Labor / Brian Langille Religion / Helge Årsheim Democracy Promotion / Ian Johnstone and Michael Snyder Communications and the Internet / Milton Mueller The Functions of International Organizations Lawmaking / Nigel D. White Monitoring Processes / Timm Betz and Barbara Koremenos Sanctions / Jeremy Farrall Use of Force / Marc Weller Dispute Settlement / John R. Crook Information Gathering, Analysis, and Dissemination / David Le Blanc and Jean-Marc Coicaud Relationships of International Organizations with Other Actors Relations with Other International Organizations / Laurence Boisson de Chazournes Relations with Civil Society / Jan Aart Scholte Relations with the Private Sector / Georg Kell Structure and Operations General Assemblies and Assemblies of States Parties / Margaret P. Karns Parliaments / Bjørn Høyland Executive Boards and Councils / Ramses A. Wessel Executive Heads / Simon Chesterman Secretariats / Touko Piiparinen High-Level Panels / Ramesh Thakur International Adjudicative Bodies / Chiara Giorgetti Financing and Budgets / Jacob Katz Cogan Organizational Culture / Stephen C. Nelson and Catherine Weaver International Institutional Law Constituent Instruments / Niels Blokker Membership and Representation / Stephen Mathias and Stadler Trengove Legal Capacity and Powers / Dan Sarooshi Assessing the Legality of Decisions / Jan Wouters and Jed Odermatt Responsibility / Pierre Klein Privileges and Immunities / August Reinisch The Law of the International Civil Service / Santiago Villalpando International Administrative Tribunals / Santiago Villalpando Principles of Governance Legitimacy / Dominik Zaum Participation / Klaus Dingwerth and Patrizia Nanz Accountability / Mathias Koenig-Archibugi Transparency / Jonas Tallberg Appendix: Primary Instruments Index