UID:
almahu_9949386252202882
Format:
1 online resource (xi, 204 pages).
ISBN:
9780429351952
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042935195X
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9781000206340
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1000206343
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9781000206333
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1000206335
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9781000206326
,
1000206327
Series Statement:
Global institutions
Content:
"Providing a comprehensive overview of two centuries of international civil servants and international secretariats, this book reveals how international secretariats have emerged and evolved, focusing on both structures (international public administrations) and the practitioners (international civil servants)"--
Note:
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- IO BIO: career descriptions -- International secretariats as actors -- International civil servants -- Available literature -- Outline of the book -- Notes -- 1 International river commissions -- The Congress of Vienna -- The Rhine Commission -- The Danube Commission -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 2 Public international unions -- Invention of the follow-up conference -- Multinational conferences and treaty making -- Institutionalization and permanent secretariats
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Institutionalization and governing boards -- Nineteenth-century international functionaries -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 3 Concert of Europe conferences and private initiatives -- Multilateral conference secretariats -- The private Red Cross initiative -- The Institute of International Law -- The Permanent Court of Arbitration -- The 1907 Hague Peace Conference -- International anti-slavery, prostitution, and labor legislation -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 4 War and peace: 1914-1919 -- The International Committee of the Red Cross -- Inter-Allied war councils -- The establishment of the League of Nations
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Public international unions, river commissions, and permanent courts -- The establishment of the International Labour Organization -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 5 The League of Nations and the International Labour Organization -- Setting up the League of Nations Secretariat -- Setting up the International Labour Office -- The Permanent Court of International Justice -- The specialized agencies of the League of Nations -- Geneva as an international city -- On the eve of war -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 6 Wartime international organizations -- The Allied United Nations
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Setting up the United Nations Organization -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 7 The United Nations System -- Specialized agencies and international staff -- United Nations frontierspersons -- Coordination within the United Nations System -- Boundary decisions and individual leaders -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 8 Regional international organizations -- Culturally based continental organizations -- UN regional economic commissions -- European cooperation -- The Global South -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 9 NATO and OECD -- Alliance formation and institutionalization -- Inter-organizational relations
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The OECD Secretariat -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 10 International courts and tribunals -- The International Court of Justice -- Administrative tribunals -- War crimes: Nuremberg and Tokyo -- Creating international criminal courts -- The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea -- The Permanent Court of Arbitration revived -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 11 The United Nations Secretariat -- The secretary-general's political leadership -- Expanding the UN Secretariat -- Managing the UN Secretariat -- Women in the UN Secretariat -- Ongoing administrative reform
Additional Edition:
Print version: Reinalda, Bob. International secretariats Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021. ISBN 9780367369293
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429351952
