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2019 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

3. History of International Organizations

Authors: Prof. Dr. Volker Rittberger, Bernhard Zangl, Dr. Andreas Kruck, Hylke Dijkstra

Publisher: Macmillan Education UK

Published in: International Organization

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Abstract

This chapter provides a historical perspective on how international organizations were created and how they developed over time. It starts with the Peace of Westphalia of 1648 and ends with the intention of the Trump administration to withdraw from the Paris Agreement on climate change by the end of 2020. The chapter, however, does not provide a chronological list of events. Rather it seeks to explain where international organizations come from and how they change in response to important developments in world politics. It therefore uses the three theories – realism, institutionalism and constructivism – outlined in the previous chapter to give context and meaning to the history of international organizations.

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Title

History of International Organizations

Book

International Organization

Print ISBN: 978-1-137-61004-1

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-137-61007-2

https://doi.org/10.26777/978-1-137-61007-2

DOI

https://doi.org/10.26777/978-1-137-61007-2_3

Authors:

Prof. Dr. Volker Rittberger
Bernhard Zangl
Dr. Andreas Kruck
Hylke Dijkstra

Publisher

Macmillan Education UK

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