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International organizations amid global crises: analysing role selection and impact through role theory

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International Organizations (IOs) have been at the forefront of responding to crises in the 21st century, and yet there is little comparative research on how, and how effectively, they have done this. This book fills this gap by exploring what roles IOs take in response to global crises and to what...

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Other Authors: Panke, Diana (Editor) , Friedrichs, Gordon (Editor)
Format: Book/Monograph
Language:English
Published: Bristol Bristol University Press 2024
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Author Notes:edited by Diana Panke and Gordon M. Friedrichs
Table of Contents:
  • Bridging the gap between role theory and comparative international organization research Diana Panke and Gordon M. Friedrichs
  • Part I : challenges to the liberal international order
  • Complex role enactment amid global value contestation : the European Union and the crisis of the European security order Rikard Bengtsson
  • The roles of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation during global crises : preferences of illiberal powers and functioning of an authoritarian international organization Sebastian Harnisch and Asaf Alibegović
  • A liberal international organization with an illiberal core? : Eurasian Economic Union and international crises in Eurasia Alexander Libman
  • Part II : global health crises
  • Organization of African Unity/African Union roles in two global health crises John F. Clark
  • Community norms and crisis : changing roles of regional organizations during the COVID-19 pandemic Laura von Allwörden and Maria Debre
  • Role conflicts, the principal-agent problem and the future of the World Health Organization Jeremy Youde
  • Part III : climate crises and (un-)related migration
  • The UN climate secretariat's dual crises Amy Below
  • The roles of international and regional organizations during the South American migration crisis Leslie Wehner
  • From 'glorified travel agency' to 'the UN migration agency' : the International Organization for Migration's changing policy roles in times of crisis Stefan Rother
  • Part IV : conclusion
  • International Organizations' roles in the wake of global crises : patterns, drivers and effects Diana Panke and Gordon M. Friedrichs

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