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International organizations play an important, if imperfect, role in world politics, solving collective action problems in security, economic, environmental, and global health among others.  While many believe that international organisations have formed critical pillars of global governance, sceptics contend that they reflect the power politics of the day and the interests of hegemonic powers. This volume examines whether international organizations contribute to or detract from peaceful change, acting as agents of both status quo and stasis. Providing a historical overview of international organizations, from the nineteenth century to the current day, a team of leading scholars offer an overview of how major theoretical approaches – Liberalism, Constructivism, Rationalism and Realism – have contributed to our understanding of the role played by international organizations in peaceful change. In particular, the roles of the United Nations General Assembly, UN Peacekeeping, UN Environment Program, World Health Organization, World Trade Organization and G20 are analysed.

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TV. Paul is James McGill Professor of International Relations in the Department of Political Science at McGill University, Montreal, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He is the Founding Director of the Global Research Network on Peaceful Change (GRENPEC). Anders Wivel is Professor of International Relations at the University of Copenhagen, Department of Political Science. He is the West European Coordinator of GRENPEC. Kai He is Professor of International Relations at the School of Government and International Relations, Griffith University, Australia. He is the East Asia Coordinator of GRENPEC.

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