Chapter 1: Introduction
What is an IO?
Brief History and Evolution
Range of IO Goals
Why Do States Create IOs?
Conclusion
Chapter 2: Intellectual Context: The Evolution of IO Theory
1930s-1970s
Flavors of Institutionalism
1990s-Present: Contemporary Issues and Debates
Conclusion
Chapter 3: United Nations
Birth of the UN
The UN Charter and Main Organs
The Larger UN Family
UN Evolution
Post-Cold War and Beyond
UN and Human Rights
Peacekeeping and Peace Operations
Scholarly Evaluation of Peacekeeping
Conclusion
Chapter 4: United Nations Case Study: Rwanda/Genocide
What Happened
The Aftermath
What Went Wrong?
Conclusion
Chapter 5: The World Bank
Birth of the Bank
Evolution
The Last Decade
Perspectives on the Bank
Conclusion
Chapter 6: World Bank Case Study: Environmental Behavior and Performance
Environment and Development
How Might Bank Activities Impact the Environment?
Evolution of Bank's Environmental Activities, Politics, Behavior
Some Quasi-Internal Critiques
External Views and Debates
Conclusion
Chapter 7: The International Monetary Fund
The IMF's Mandate at Birth
IMF Membership and Governance
Major Turning Points in the IMF's History
Perspectives on the IMF
Conclusion
Chapter 8: International Monetary Fund Case Study: IMF and the Global Financial Crisis
What Sparked the Crisis?
September 2008: The Crisis Erupts
Enter the IMF
Evaluation of Responses and Activities
Conclusion
Chapter 9: The World Trade Organization
Open Markets, Protected Markets
The GATT
WTO Birth, Governance, Dispute Settlement
Evaluation
Looking Ahead
Perspectives on the WTO
Conclusion
Chapter 10: World Trade Organization Case Study: Intellectual Property, Trade, and Access to Medicine
Trade and Pharmaceuticals
November 2001 Doha Declaration and 2003 Cancun Agreement
Evaluating the Doha Declaration
Important Initiatives outside of WTO
Other Current Issues of WTO, Health, and Trade
Perspectives on WTO, Intellectual Property, and Global Health Governance
Conclusion
Chapter 11: Regional Organizations/European Union
General Overview of Regional Organizations
Debates about Regionals
The European Union
Economic and Monetary Union/Euro Crisis
Perspectives on the EU
Conclusion
Chapter 12: Regional Organizations Case Study: African Union Peace Operations
From the Old OAU to the New AU
The Peace and Security Council
Relationship between PSC and the UN Security Council
PSC's Major Peace Operations
Evaluation
Conclusion