1st Edition

International Secretariats Two Centuries of International Civil Servants and Secretariats

By Bob Reinalda Copyright 2021
216 Pages
by Routledge

216 Pages
by Routledge

216 Pages
by Routledge

Providing a comprehensive overview of two centuries of international civil servants and international secretariats, this book reveals how international secretariats have emerged and evolved, focusing on both structures (international public administrations) and the practitioners (international civil servants). Reinalda explores the history and development of international secretariats and... Read more

Introduction

1 International river commissions

2 Public international unions

3 Concert of Europe conferences and private initiatives

4 War and peace: 1914-1919

5 The League of Nations and the International Labour Organization

6 Wartime international organizations

7 The United Nations System

8 Regional international organizations

9 NATO and OECD

10 International courts and tribunals

11 The United Nations Secretariat

12 Regional integration around the world

13 World conferences, sherpas, and treaty secretariats

14 Conclusion: two centuries of international civil servants and secretariats

Biography

Bob Reinalda is a Fellow at the Department of Political Science, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. He published the Routledge History of International Organizations: From 1815 to the Present Day (2009) and edited the Ashgate Research Companion to Non-State Actors (2011), as well as the Routledge Handbook of International Organization (2013). Alongside Kent J. Kille and Jaci L. Eisenberg, he is an editor of IO BIO, the Biographical Dictionary of Secretaries-General of International Organizations: www.ru.nl/fm/iobio.