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Chapter 1: Introduction to International Organizations

Chapter 1: Introduction to International Organizations

pp. 1-16

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, Northwestern University, Illinois
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International organizations are established by international treaties that set out their powers and limits and the obligations toward international institutions even though few such institutions have the power to enforce their decisions. The politics of international organizations therefore arises in the dynamic between obligation, compliance, and enforcement.

Keywords

  • international organizations
  • international enforcement
  • international obligations
  • enchanted international organizations
  • treaty
  • global governance
  • international relations theory

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