Rules for the World by Michael Barnett

Rules for the World by Michael Barnett

Provides an innovative perspective on the behavior of international organizations and their effects on global politics.

International organizations are a growing presence in the global system but remain a neglected subject of studyThis book by two prominent political scientists provides a groundbreaking look at their impact, making clear that international organizations may be created by powerful states but, once established, are neither straightforward tools of states nor unalloyed servants of a global common good.... Barnett and Finnemore conclude that the impact of these organizations lies less in the expert knowledge they wield than in the ways they define problems, set agendas, and deploy 'intellectual technologies.' The most intriguing insights of the book, however, emerge as the authors grapple with what the growing 'global bureaucratization' means for democratic accountability.

-- G. John Ikenberry * Foreign Affairs *

The authors take a novel approach to studying international organizations and establish a framework wherein these actors have the potential to develop preferences and cultures that are counter to the wishes of their member states. The authors breathe new life into the study of IGOs by removing the rose-colored glasses of the extant literature, which cannot account for negative and independent behaviors of these organizations.

-- C. S. Leskiw * Choice *

Michael Barnett is Harold Stassen Chair at the Hubert H. Humphrey School and Adjunct Professor of Political Science at the University of Minnesota. He is the author of several books, including Eyewitness to a Genocide: The United Nations and Rwanda, and coeditor with Shibley Telhami of Identity and Foreign Policy in the Middle East (both from Cornell). He is also coeditor of Power and Global Governance. Martha Finnemore is Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at George Washington University. Her books The Purpose of Intervention: Changing Beliefs about the Use of Force and National Interests in International Society are also available from Cornell.

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ISBN 13	9780801488238
ISBN 10	0801488230
Title	Rules for the World
Author	Michael Barnett
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cornell University Press
Year published	2004-10-20
Number of pages	240
Prizes	Winner of Winner of the International Studies Association 20.
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