Rules for the World: International Organizations in Global Politics

by Michael Barnett and Martha Finnemore

Book Overview

Rules for the World provides an innovative perspective on the behavior of international organizations and their effects on global politics. Arguing against the conventional wisdom that these bodies are little more than instruments of states, Michael Barnett and Martha Finnemore begin with the fundamental insight that international organizations are bureaucracies that have authority to make rules and so exercise power. At the same time, Barnett...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801488230
• ISBN13: 9780801488238
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher