To reform the world : international organizations and the making of modern states /

This book examines the influence of international organizations (IOs) since the First World War, and explores how they have acted on behalf of - and instead of - states in the international arena. The International Labour Organization, the United Nations, and the World Bank are examined in-depth.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Sinclair, Guy Fiti (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Edition:	First edition.
Series:	History and theory of international law.
Subjects:	Internationale Arbeitsorganisation Vereinte Nationen Weltbank International agencies. International law. International Agencies Organisations internationales. international organizations. LAW > International. International agencies International law United Nations. World Bank. International Labour Organization. Financial and technical aid. Decolonization. Peacekeeping. International organizations. Public international law. Global governance. Law. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Cover; Series; To Reform the World; Copyright; Contents; Table of Cases; Table of Treaties; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Theoretical Concerns: The Promise and Perils of Reform; Methodology; Argument; Outline of the Book; Part I. The International Labour Organization, Technical Assistance, and the Welfare State 1919-1945; 1. From Standard-setting to Technical Assistance; Introduction; Creating the ILO; A "Really Living" Organization; Constitutional Growth Contested and Confirmed; The Move to Technical Assistance; Between Constitutionalism and Administration; Conclusion
2. Into DevelopmentIntroduction; A Faith for All Mankind?; To the East: Universality and Civilization; To the West: Economic Crisis and Social Reform; From Taylorism to Planning; The Birth of Development?; Constitutional Transformation in States and International Organizations; Conclusion; Part II. The United Nations, Peacekeeping, and the Postcolonial State 1945-1964; 3. From Collective Security to Peacekeeping; Introduction; Creating the UN; Struggling over Statehood: Institutional Innovations in the Early UN; Charter Amendment and Constitutional Growth; Inventing Peacekeeping: UNEF
Reinventing Peacekeeping: ONUCPeacekeeping Contested and Confirmed; Conclusion; 4. Into International Executive Rule; Introduction; Modernization in Theory; Modernization in Practice: Technical Assistance in the Congo; From the Spirit of the Charter to International Executive Authority; Emergency and the Expert; From Self-government to Government of the Self; Between Practice and Doctrine: Early Peacekeeping in International Law; Conclusion; Part III. The World Bank, Governance, and the Managerial State 1944-2000; 5. From Reconstruction to Development; Introduction; Creating the World Bank
Between Wall Street and the WorldPrecursors to Governance; Development Diplomacy and the Birth of the IDA; A Hermeneutic for Growth; Facing (and Embracing) the Third World; Conclusion; 6. Into Governance; Introduction; A Crusade against Poverty; Statistics and Statecraft; International Law and the Crisis of State-centered Development; From Policy to Process: the Bank's Discovery of Governance; A Legal Pivot: Ibrahim Shihata and the Problem of Politics; A New Toolbox for Government; Between Modernization and Globalization; The Bank as Global Governor; Conclusion; Conclusion
Between Reform and ResistanceBetween Coercion and the Conduct of Conduct; Morality, Expertise, and Law; The Effectivity of International Law; Toward a Genealogy of Global Governance; Bibliography; Index