International Organizations
Politics, Law, Practice

Leading textbook on modern international organizations that highlights the legal and political features of important global institutions.

Ian Hurd (Author)

9781009414081, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 6 June 2024

340 pages
24.3 x 17 x 1.9 cm, 0.6 kg

'[I am] using this book as the only textbook along with journal articles. Great solid core material and a useful course theme.' Tom Hanna, University of Houston

International organizations are increasingly important to global politics, law, and culture. Now in its fifth edition, this leading textbook provides the definitive introduction to modern international organizations by examining a dozen prominent global institutions. With a mix of legal, empirical, and theoretical approaches, the author examines timely cases where IOs are in the headlines today including on migration, Brexit, trade wars, and border disputes. This new edition is fully revised and updated, featuring new chapters on how global sports are organized by FIFA and the International Olympic Committee. The book explains the power and limits of international organizations by seeing how their legal authority interacts with politics in real-world controversies. It will be of interest to undergraduate and graduate students taking courses in international organizations, international institutions, global governance, and international law.

Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction to international organizations
2. Theory, methods, and international organizations
3. The United Nations I: law and administration
4. The United Nations II: international peace and security
5. The World Trade Organization
6. The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank
7. The International Labor Organization
8. The World Health Organization
9. Refugees and international migration: UNHCR, the IOM, and the 1951 Convention
10. The International Court of Justice
11. The International Criminal Court
12. The European Union and regional organizations
13. FIFA, the IOC, and the Court of Arbitration for Sport
Index.

Subject Areas: International relations [JPS]