The League of Nations and the Foreshadowing of the International Monetary Fund
Author: Louis W. Pauly
Publisher: International Finance Section International Finance Section
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 60
ISBN-13:
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Jan Tinbergen (1903–1994) and the Rise of Economic Expertise
Author: Erwin Dekker
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2021-07
Total Pages: 489
ISBN-13: 1108495990
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This biography presents the interaction between his socialist ideals, scientific aspirations and work as an economic expert.
A Violent Peace
Author: Carolyn N. Biltoft
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2021-05-03
Total Pages: 204
ISBN-13: 022676642X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"Confronted with the roiling changes of the post-WWI world--from growing stateless populations to the resurgence of right-wing movements--the League of Nations aimed to counteract dangerous conflicts between national interests and generate instead a transnational, cosmopolitan dialogue on truth and justice. Amid widespread anxiety over truth and falsehood, an army of League personnel produced streams of documents in the pursuit of "shaping global public opinion." Combining the tools of global intellectual history and cultural history, A Violent Peace explores the power and the vulnerability of information systems while laying bare "the anatomy of fascism" in the interwar period. Carolyn Biltoft reopens the archives of the League to show how its attempt to operationalize information science in support of the post-WWI order proved ultimately pyrrhic as informational power struggles devolved into violence. A meditation on instability in information systems, the allure of fascism, and the contradictions at the heart of a global and violent modernity, A Violent Peace paints a rich portrait of the emergence of the age of information--and all its attendant problems"--
Money Doctors
Author: Marc Flandreau
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005-07-26
Total Pages: 329
ISBN-13: 1134356552
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This text brings together specialists from economics, history and political science including Harold James and Kenneth Moure. First providing a history of money doctors, the book then covers themes such as the IMF and policy advice, the Russian experience and contemporary money doctors.
Fascist Italy and the League of Nations, 1922-1935
Author: Elisabetta Tollardo
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2016-10-27
Total Pages: 319
ISBN-13: 1349950289
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book analyses the relationship between Fascist Italy and the League of Nations in the interwar years. By uncovering the traces of those Italians working in the organization, this volume investigates Fascist Italy’s membership of the League, and explores the dynamics between nationalism and internationalism in Geneva. The relationship between Fascist Italy and the League of Nations was contradictory, shifting from active collaboration to open disagreement. Previous literature has not reflected this oscillation in policy, focusing disproportionally on the problems Italy caused for the League, such as the Ethiopian crisis. Yet Fascist Italy remained in the League for more than fifteen years, and was the third largest power within the institution. How did a Fascist dictatorship fit into an organization espousing principles of liberal internationalism? By using archival sources from four countries, Elisabetta Tollardo shows that Fascist Italy was much more concerned with, and involved in, the League than currently believed.
Eric Drummond and his Legacies
Author: David Macfadyen
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2019-02-06
Total Pages: 361
ISBN-13: 3030047326
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book shows how the first institution of global governance was conceived and operated. It provides a new assessment of its architect, Eric Drummond, the first Secretary-General of the League of Nations, appointed a century ago. The authors conclude that he stands in the front rank of the 12 men who have occupied the post of Secretary-General of the League or its successor, the UN. Part 1 describes his character and leadership. His influence in shaping the International Civil Service, the ‘beating heart’ of the League, is the subject of Part 2, which also shows how the young staff he appointed responded with imagination and creativity to the political, economic and social problems that followed World War I. Part 3 shows the influence of these early origins on today’s global organizations and the large scale absorption of League policies, programmes, practices and staff into the UN and its Specialized Agencies.
Ragnar Nurkse (1907-2007)
Author: Rainer Kattel
Publisher: Anthem Press
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 365
ISBN-13: 0857283960
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →'Ragnar Nurkse (1907-2007): Classical Development Economics and its Relevance for Today' presents a selection of papers that casts new insight on Nurkse's thought, and discusses his relevance for today.
The Political Economy of Resource Regulation
Author: Andreas R.D. Sanders
Publisher: UBC Press
Published: 2019-04-01
Total Pages: 377
ISBN-13: 0774860634
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Industrialist John Paul Getty famously quipped, “The meek shall inherit the earth, but not its mineral rights.” Throughout history, natural resources have been sources of wealth and power and catalysts for war and peace. The case studies gathered in this innovative volume examine how the intersection of ideas, interest groups, international institutions, and political systems gave birth to distinctive regulatory regimes at various times and places in the modern world. Spanning seven continents and focusing on both advanced and developing economies, it offers unique insights into why some resource-rich countries have flourished while others have been mired in poverty and corruption.
A Concise Encyclopedia of the United Nations
Author: Helmut Volger
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2009-12-07
Total Pages: 980
ISBN-13: 904744454X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This is the second updated English edition of the German "Lexikon der Vereinten Nationen". The book provides in addition to concise and comprehensive information on the UN system, insight into recent UN developments and reform efforts in the face of global opportunities and challenges, such as the Millennium Summit 2000 and World Summit 2005, and the establishment of important new UN organs, the Human Rights Council and the Peacebuilding Commission, in 2006. The contributing authors are academic scholars of international law, economics and political sciences; active and former diplomats and UN officials; journalists and members of non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and offer a variety of interesting perspectives.
Legislating International Organization
Author: Kathryn C. Lavelle
Publisher: OUP USA
Published: 2011-10-14
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 0199765340
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Preface Introduction 1. Congressional Advocacy Towards International Organizations 2. Enacting a Multilateral Framework for Finance: Treasury and Congressional Compromise 3. Building Constituencies for the Bretton Woods Framework: Banks, Big Business, and the Cold War Coalition 4. Domestic Constituencies Speak: The End of Fixed Parity and the Rise of Development Lending 5. Iron Triangles Go Global: The 1982 Debt Crisis and the End of the Cold War 6. Widening the Circle, Narrowing the Outcome: The 1997 Asian Financial Crisis 7. Reviving a Role for the Bretton Woods Institutions: the Financial Crisis of 2008 8. Conclusions Notes Bibliography Index.
