This study of the US relations with the ILO, IAEA and UNESCO examines three cases in which American sensitivity to politicization has brought about a toughening response of financial sanctions, boycott and, in the cases of the ILO and UNESCO, withdrawal from the agencies in question.
The question of withdrawals; functionalism and US expectations; the many meanings of politicization; case of the international labour organization; the case of the international atomic energy agency; the UNESCO case; the financial dimension; conclusion.
