The Oxford Handbook of International Organizations

• Editors: Jacob Katz Cogan, Ian Hurd, and Ian Johnstone
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Published: 17 November 2016
• ISBN: 9780199672202
• Pages: 1344

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.

Table of Contents

I. Introduction
1. Jon Pevehouse and Inken von Borzyskowski – International Organizations in World Politics
2. Anne Peters – International Organizations and International Law
3. Jeffrey Dunoff – The Law and Politics of International Organizations
II. History
4. Madeleine Herren-Oesch – International Organizations Before World War II
5. B.S. Chimni – International Organizations Since World War II
III. Forms of Organization
6. Jan Klabbers – Formal Inter-Governmental Organizations
7. Peter Lindseth – Supranational Organizations
8. Walter Mattli – Private Ordering
IV. Activities of Organizations
9. Lise Morjé Howard and Anjali Dayal – Peace Operations
10. James Cockayne – Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crime
11. Waheguru Pal Singh Sidhu – Non-Proliferation and Disarmament
12. Dinah Shelton – Human Rights
13. David J. Scheffer – Criminal Justice
14. Thomas G. Weiss – Humanitarian Action
15. Gil Loescher – Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons
16. Joel Trachtman – Trade
17. Manuela Moschella – International Finance
18. Frank Schimmelfennig – Economic Relations and Integration
19. David Malone and Rohinton Medhora – Development
20. David Wirth – Environment
21. Gian Luca Burci and Andrew Cassels – Health
22. Brian Langille – Labour
23. Helge Årsheim – Religion
24. Ian Johnstone and Michael Snyder – Democracy Promotion and Good Governance
25. Milton Mueller – Communications and the Internet
V. The Functions of International Organizations
26. Nigel White – Lawmaking
27. Timm Betz and Barbara Koremenos – Monitoring Processes
28. Jeremy Farrall – Sanctions
29. Marc Weller – Forcible Measures
30. John Crook – Dispute Settlement
31. Jean-Marc Coicaud and David Le Blanc – Information Gathering, Analysis, and Dissemination
VI. Relationships of International Organizations with Other Actors
32. Laurence Boisson de Chazournes – Relations with Other International Organizations
33. Jan Aart Scholte – Relations with Civil Society
34. George Kell – Relations with the Private Sector
VII. Structure and Operations
35. Margaret Karns – General Assemblies
36. Bjørn Høyland – Parliaments
37. Ramses A. Wessel – Executive Boards and Councils
38. Simon Chesterman – Executive Heads
39. Touko Piiparinen – Secretariats
40. Ramesh Thakur – High-Level Panels
41. Chiara Giorgetti – Judicial and Quasi-Judicial Bodies
42. Jacob Katz Cogan – Elections and Voting
43. Jacob Katz Cogan – Budgets and Financing
44. Catherine Weaver and Stephen Nelson – Organizational Culture
VIII. International Institutional Law
45. Niels Blokker – Constituent Instruments
46. Stephen Mathias and Stadler Trengove – Membership and Representation
47. Dan Sarooshi – Legal Capacity and Powers
48. Jan Wouters and Jed Odermatt – Assessing the Legality of Decisions
49. Pierre Klein – Responsibility
50. August Reinisch – Privileges and Immunities
51. Santiago Villalpando – The Law of the International Civil Service
52. Santiago Villalpando – International Administrative Tribunals
IX. Principles of Governance
53. Dominik Zaum – Legitimacy
54. Patrizia Nanz and Klaus Dingwerth – Participation
55. Mathias Koenig-Archibugi – Accountability
56. Jonas Tallberg – Transparency

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