• ISBN13: 9781405169622
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: Politics and Current Affairs
• Publisher: Wiley
• Publisher Imprint: Wiley-Blac
• Publication Date: January 1, 2009
• Pages: 296
• Original Price: USD 54.95
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 418 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): International and International Relations / General

From the Back Cover
This groundbreaking study maps out and analyzes the development of a global intergovernmental (IGO) institutional architecture in the post World War II era. The rich network of organizations that emerged from the Cold War is systematically compared with the growing web of organizations of the post-Cold War period and its acceleration through the remainder of the twentieth century. Combining both quantitative and qualitative methodologies, the authors examine the range of reasons why states join intergovernmental organizations and the patterns of participation within these organizations, as well as the consequences of the new architecture for issues as diverse as conflict amelioration, human rights, and cooperation on natural resources.

Ranging over the multifunctional web of global, inter-regional, regional, and sub-regional organizations, this book provides a major contribution to the study of international organization and IGO development.

Thomas J. Volgy is Professor of Political Science at the University of Arizona, and Executive Director of the International Studies Association. He has previously worked for USAID, USIA, and the National Democratic Institute in Central Asia, Eastern Europe, and Central America, and was recently an Atlantic Fellow.

Zlatko Sabič is Professor of International Relations at the University of Ljubljana and Senior Research Fellow at the Centre of International Relations.

Petra Roter is Assistant Professor of International Relations at the University of Ljubljana and Research Fellow at the Centre of International Relations. She is also GARNET Visiting Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation at the University of Warwick.

Andrea K. Gerlak is Director of Academic Development for the International Studies Association and Visiting Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Arizona.