Bloomsbury is publishing a new
book on the emergence of international public administrations.
ABOUT THE BOOK
International Organizations play
a pivotal role on the modern global stage and have done, this book argues,
since the beginning of the 20th century. This volume offers the first
historical exploration into the formative years of international public
administrations, covering the birth of the League of Nations and the emergence
of the second generation that still shape international politics today such as
the UN, NATO and OECD.
Centring on Europe, where the multilaterization of international relations
played out more intensely in the mid-20th century than in other parts of the
world, it demonstrates a broad range of historiographical and methodological
approaches to institutions in international history. The book argues that after
several 'turns' (cultural, linguistic, material, transnational), international
history is now better equipped to restate its core questions of policy and
power with a view to their institutional dimensions. Making use of new
approaches in the field, this book develops an understanding of the specific
powers and roles of IO-administrations by delving into their institutional
make-up.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1: Introduction, Karen
Gram-Skjoldager, Aarhus University, Denmark and Haakon A. Ikonomou, University
of Copenhagen, Denmark, and Torsten Kahlert, and University of Copenhagen,
Denmark.
Part I: Populating
Administrations
Chapter 2 Biographies and
International Administrations in the 19th and 20th Century Bob Reinalda,
Radboud University, The Netherlands.
Chapter 3 The Biography as
Institutional Can-Opener: An Investigation of Core Bureaucratic Practices in
the Early Years of the League of Nations Secretariat
Haakon A. Ikonomou, University of
Copenhagen, Denmark.
Chapter 4 Prosopography –
Unlocking the Social World of International Organizations
Torsten Kahlert, Aarhus
University, Denmark.
Part II: Learning and Norms
Chapter 5: The Influence of the
United States on the Rise of Global Governance in
Education: The OEEC and UNESCO in
the Post-World War II Period,
Maren Elfert, King's College
London, UK & Christian Ydesen, Aalborg University, Denmark.
Chapter 6: Learning Across Institutions
– the Officials of the ECSC High Authority and EEC Commission, Katja Seidel,
University of Westminster, UK
Chapter 7: Food and Nutrition –
Expertise Across International Epistemic Communities and Organizations,
1919-1960, Amy Sayward, Middle Tennessee State University, USA.
Part III: Legitimacy and Legimization
Chapter 8: Legitimizing
International Bureaucracy – Press and Information Work from the League of
Nations to the UN, Emil Seidenfaden, Aarhus University, Denmark
Chapter 9: The Avant-Garde of the
League: The International Federation of League of Nations Societies and their
Part in Governing the World, Anne Isabel Richard, Leiden University, The
Netherlands
Chapter 10 An Uneasy Relationship
– German Diplomats and Bureaucrats in the League of Nations, Michael Jonas,
Helmut Schmidt Universität, Germany
Part IV: Leadership and
Administration
Chapter 11: Secretaries-General
and Crisis Management – Trygve Lie and the UN, Ellen Ravndal, University of
Stavanger, Norway.
Chapter 12: Leadership Styles and
Organizing Principles in NATO: Ismay, Spaak and Wörner, Linda Risso, Institute
of Historical Research/School of Advanced Studies, UK
Chapter 13: The Making of
International Civil Servants c. 1920-1960 – Establishing the Profession, Karen
Gram-Skjoldager, University of Copenhagen, Denmark and Haakon A. Ikonomou,
Aarhus University, Denmark
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