Internation Organization finals Flashcards
International organization can be viewed as?
Instruments, arenas, actors
What is International Organization?
International organization sometimes called international governmental organization or IGO.
It is an institution with formal procedures and a membership comprising three or more states.
It is characterized by rules that seek to regulate the relations amongst member states and by a formal structure that implements and enforces these rules.
What are instruments?
As instruments, they are mechanisms through which states pursue their own interest.
What are arenas?
They facilitate debate and information exchange, serving as permanent institutions of conference diplomacy.
What are actors?
They enable states to take concerted action, which requires some measure of pooled sovereignty.
Background of international organizations.
The earliest embryonic international organizations were created after the napoleonic wars.
These included the congress of vienna which established the concert of Europe which continued until WWI.
The end of WWII marked a new boom, with the number soaring to 123 by 1949 with new organizations including the United nations
This reflected not only an awareness of growing interdependencies amongst states, but also the emerging hegemonic role of the USA.
