Networking the International System

Global Histories of International Organizations

AvMadeleine Herren

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

Del i serien Transcultural Research – Heidelberg Studies on Asia and Europe in a Global Context

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Beskrivning

The book critically investigates the local impact of international organizations beyond a Western rationale and aims to overcome Eurocentric patterns of analysis. Chapter 3 sheds light on international organizations as platforms, expanding the field of research from the diversity of organizations to the patterns of global governance.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2014-06-25
Mått:155 x 235 x 12 mm
Vikt:334 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Transcultural Research – Heidelberg Studies on Asia and Europe in a Global Context
Antal sidor:205
Upplaga:2014
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783319042107

Utforska kategorier

Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik
Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction.- Towards a Global History of International Organization.- Part 1: Constructing the Memory of International Organizations.- From the League of Nations to the United Nations: The Continuing Preservation and Development of the Geneva Archives.- Matsuoka Yosuke’s Miscalculation at Geneva: A Possible Reconsideration Using JACAR Data.- Part 2: Eurocentrism and Science Policy.- On the Concept of International Organization: Centralization, Hegemonism and Constitutionalism.- Activities and Discourses on International Cultural Relations in Modern Japan: The Making of KBS (Kokusai Bunka Shinko Kai), 1934–53.- International Control of Epidemic Diseases from a Historical and Cultural Perspective.- Part 3: International Organization as a Forum: Turning Local Concerns into Global Issues.- Sino-Japanese Controversies over the Textbook Problem and the League of Nations.- Beyond Empires’ Science: Inter-Imperial Pacific Science Network in the 1920s.- Networking through the Y: The Role of YMCA in China’s Search for New National Identity and Internationalization.- Part 4: Culture and Standardization: The Multifunctional and Contradictory Use of International Organizations.- Global Governance: From Organizations to Networks or Not?.- New Capitalism, UNESCO and the Re-enchantment of Culture.- Popular Culture and International Cooperation in the 1930s/CIAP and the League of Nations.- Avenues and Confines of Globalizing the Past: UNESCO’s International Commission for a “Scientific and Cultural History of Mankind” (1952–1969).