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Evolution of Intergovernmental Organizations: Functions and Roles

Explore the creation, growth, and roles of Intergovernmental Organizations (IGOs) like League of Nations and United Nations. Learn about the rise of IGOs in addressing global concerns such as terrorism, human rights, and famine, and their significance in promoting peace, security, and cooperation in an increasingly interconnected world. Delve into the theories of functionalism and neofunctionalism to understand the evolution of IGOs, and ponder the future of these organizations in a changing global landscape.

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Evolution of Intergovernmental Organizations: Functions and Roles

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  1. Chapter 7 Intergovernmental Organizations

  2. Creation of IGOs • Some countries have responsibility to lead • League of Nations • United Nations • Peace Keeping • Necessity with increasingly complex and intertwined world

  3. Growth of IGOs • 251 in 2004 • Expanded role re: concerns and issues addressed (example: terrorism, human rights, famine) • Increase in international contact • Increase in transnational problems • Interdependence

  4. Functionalism • Theory of IGO growth • Idea that the way to global cooperation is through an evolutionary approach that begins with limited, pragmatic cooperation on narrow-nonpolitical issues. (example: mail)

  5. Neofuncationalism • Top-down approach to solving world problems; advocates skeptical about the functionalist believe that nonpolitical cooperation can, by itself, lead eventually to full political cooperation

  6. Roles of IGOs • An interactive arena in which member-states pursue their individual national interests • Center of Cooperation • Can serve as unified independent actor on world state • Supranational organization (has legal authority over its members)

  7. Purposes of IGOs • Promote Peace and Security • Social, Economic, Environmental and other activities regulated and discussed

  8. Future of IGOs • Is this progress? • Is unification the future? • Do alternatives exist?

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