This leading undergraduate textbook now
covers international relations theory in more depth and includes new material on
NATO and the EU, while its case studies have been updated throughout. Unlike
other textbooks in the field, it takes readers behind the scenes of the world's
most important international organizations (IOs), inviting them to ask: What are
the legal obligations that give IOs international power? How do IOs ensure
compliance from their members? And how do they enforce their rules?
International Organizations explores these questions through in-depth,
chapter-length case studies of the world's key international organizations,
allowing students to connect essential IO theory with the law, practice and
philosophy of the leading IOs, including the World Trade Organization, the
International Monetary Fund and the European Union. Concise and engagingly
written and with end-of-chapter questions, legal appendices and suggestions for
further reading, this is core reading for any course on international
institutions.