Yves Schemeil

The Making of the World (eBook, PDF)

How International Organizations Shape Our Future

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Produktbeschreibung

International Organizations (IOs) were designed to provide global public goods, among which security for all, trade for the richest, and development for the poorest. Their very existence is now a promise of success for the cooperative turn in international relations. Although the IO network was once created by established powers, rising states can hardly resist the massive production of norms that their governments can be reluctant to respect without being able to discard them. IOs are omnipresent, and exert great influence on the world as we know it. However, rulers and ruled are hardly aware of such compelling and snowballing processes. Yves Schemeil uses his in-depth knowledge of IOs to analyze their current impact on international relations, on world politics, and their potential of shaping the global future.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Verlag Barbara Budrich
• Seitenzahl: 406
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. April 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783847412021
• Artikelnr.: 67838856

Autorenporträt

Yves Schemeil is professor emeritus of global and comparative politics and works in Grenoble, France. http://yves-schemeil.sciencespo-grenoble.fr

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction The Institutional PuzzleMethodological Solutions The Network Growth Model The Spirit of the Book Part 1. What IOs Are and What We Think We Know1 The Conventional Wisdom, First Cut: The Classics1.1 A Taste for Typologies 1.2 An Exclusive Focus on IOs/States Relations 1.3 To Sum Up2 The Conventional Wisdom, Second Cut: The Mavericks 2.1 Rejuvenating Old Paradigms 2.2 Bringing in New Paradigms 2.3 Discovering Organizational Mechanics 2.4 To Sum UpPart 2. IOs as Complex Organizations3 Homogenization and Hegemonization 3.1 Diversity 3.2 Similarity 3.3 To Sum Up4 Centralization and Decentralization 4.1 Headquarters Matter! On the Importance of Being Central 4.2 Bottom Up, Top Down, or What? 4.3 To Sum Up10Part 3. A Predictive Model of IOs' Behaviour 5 Explanatory Factors and Drivers of Change 5.1 External and Internal Change5.2 Leadership, Management Styles, and Innovation 5.3 Organic and Cognitive Organizations 5.4 To Sum Up6 The Trade-off Between Resilience and Performance 6.1 What Are the Relevant Indicators of Success? 6.2 Towards New Standards of Performance6.3 To Sum Up7 Genesis and Expansion 7.1 Genesis: How It All Started 7.2 Drivers of Expansion 7.3 To Sum UpPart 4. From Competition to Cooperation 8 Too Big to Fail: From Expansion to Dissolution 8.1 Mandate Overlap 8.2 Survival Strategies 8.3 Death at the Crossroads 8.4 To Sum Up9 Coordination, Collaboration, and Cooperation: HowDifferent Really? 9.1 Partnership Models 9.2 All in the Family: The Rush Towards Coordination 9.3 Accommodating Strangers: Occasional Collaboration 9.4 Pooling Resources: Acceptance of Full Cooperation9.5 To Sum Up10 The Taming of the Shrew: Avoiding the Other 10.1 A Shakespearian Dilemma: To Coordinate or not to BeCoordinated? 10.2 The Great Fear: Side-lined, Shut Down, or Merged? 10.3 To Sum Up.11 From Clusters to Networks 11.1 How Clusters Give Birth to Complex Organized Systems 11.2 Meta-organizations and their Limits 11.3 From Meta-organizations to Networks 11.4 To Sum Up12 The Nature of Organizational Networks 12.1 How Much "Publicness" in International Organizations? 12.2 Going Hybrid 12.3 Interorganizational Networks 12.4 To Sum Up13 The Properties of Organizational Networks 13.1 From Transaction Costs to Coordination Costs 13.2 The Threshold Effect and the End of Politics 13.3 To Sum UpPart 5. How Likely is any Institutionalization of the World? 14 A Changing Structure 14.1 A Pivot Towards the Global South 14.2 The Coining of Fair Norms 14.3 The End of Securitization 14.4 To Sum Up15 Is Institutionalized Globalization Inevitable? 15.1 A Likely Future: Plurilateralism Rules the World 15.2 Unlikely Alternatives: New Despotism andNew Medievalism 15.3 Likable Options: Constitutional Adaptation 15.4 To Sum Up.16 Towards a World Government 16.1 Is Hobbes' Constant as Limiting as Light Speed? 16.2 Making Bull's Dream Come True?16.3 Is Wendt's Recognition Process Working? 16.4 Neither Micro nor Macro: A Mesocosmic World 16.5 Wrap up: From Warfare to Welfare and Back 17 Conclusion. What We Have Achieved and What Remains toBe Done17.1 Do Limitations Weaken the Explanatory Power of theNetwork Growth Model? 17.2 Do Success Stories Suffice to Explain InternationalOrganization and Organizations? 17.3 Beyond Research: Will this Book Be Helpful? Afterword Appendixes Appendix 1: Primary sources Appendix 2: Methodology Appendix 3: List of interviewsReference list Subject Index

Rezensionen

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Für Rezensent Maximilian Terhalle liegt die Bedeutung des Buches von Yves Schemeil in einer "unbeabsichtigten Sensibilisierung" des Lesers für machtpolitische Grundsatzfragen auf dem Weg zu einem echten Multilateralismus. Schemeils Argumentation folgend, wonach internationale Organisationen den Ort darstellen, an dem Koalitionen von Handelnden arbeitsteilig internationale Politik machen, findet Terhalle besonderes Interesse an Schemeils Darstellung der Entwicklung und Bedeutung interorganisationeller Zusammenarbeit in den letzten 20 Jahren am Beispiel der WTO und der WHO.

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"This book is an impressive study of ios and interorganisational networks and how they permeate and organise all areas of world politics. The author is not content with a simplified, linear narrative, nor does he take a case study as a starting point to develop his argument. The authors claim is more far-reaching. He wants to present a book that flags up the complexity of ios, the relationships between them and their contribution to institutionalisation." Martin Koch, European Review of International Studies (ERIS), 12 (2025) Schemeil nimmt die "Blackbox" der internationalen Organisation in den Fokus, wobei er sich mehr für Netzwerke und Dynamiken der Kooperation und Institutionalisierung, als auf einzelne Institutionen konzentriert. Hierfür greift er u.a. auf theoretische Ansätze wie das Network Growth Model zurück, bezieht sich aber auch auf langjährige Erfahrungen an und mit internationalen Organisationen. C3-Bibliothek für Entwicklungspolitik, 9/2023 "The book presents a distinctive viewpoint in the field of literature by examining IOs from an internal perspective, considering them as autonomous institutions rather than subordinate institutions to their member states and targeting successful examples contrary to many scholars. I highly recommend the book, particularly to young scholars, as Schemeil provides a comprehensive guide for anyone who is interested in conducting research, composing a thesis, or engaging in academic study on the given topic." ULUSLARARASI ILISKILER / INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, 02/2024 "The book is enriched with a wealth of knowledge, anecdotes, and narratives that effectively illustrate and support Schemeils arguments, offering a comprehensive and engaging analysis of the pivotal roles international organizations play in the global arena." Swiss Political Science Review (SPSR) / Revue Suisse de Science Politique (RSSP), 09/2024