Introduction : international organizations revisited / Dennis Dijkzeul and Dirk Salomons -- Multilateral diplomacy, global governance, and networks of intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations / James P. Muldoon Jr. and JoAnn F. Aviel -- Financing as the UN's chronic deficiency / Sandra Aviles and Romano Lasker -- Norm setting at the United Nations : the politics of sustainable human development / Jacques Fomerand -- Managing people at the United Nations : squaring the circle of merit and patronage / Dirk Salomons -- Fraud, corruption, and the United Nations' culture / Yves Beigbeder -- The program approach and its lack of participation / Dennis Dijkzeul -- How NGO practices mediate international human rights / Monika Krause -- Networked diplomacy and changing polarity in world politics : an Armenia-Turkey normalization attempt / Anna Ohanyan and Gevorg Ter-Gabrielyan -- The use and limits of civil society for post-conflict state democratization : donor practices in Bosnia and Herzegovina revisited / Kristie D. Evenson -- UN Security Council Resolution 1325 in Afghanistan : opportunity or rhetorical device? / Lucile Martin and Saeed Parto -- Therapies and conclusions : toward a better understanding of the management of international organizations / Dennis Dijkzeul, Yves Beigbeder, and Dirk Salomons.
Summary:
"Despite the sustained scholarly attention that the United Nations and international NGOs have received in the twenty-first century, they still remain under-researched from a management studies perspective. This volume brings together rich analyses of these organizations' functioning, arguing that they are best understood as intermediaries between international decision-making and funding bodies in the developed world and initiatives that take place on the ground, primarily in the Global South. Based on current management research, this follow-up to Rethinking International Organizations (Berghahn, 2002) provides a wealth of both empirical and theoretical insights, along with practical recommendations how these organizations can function more effectively"-- Provided by publisher.
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