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• Cover Page
• Half Title Page
• Other
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• List of illustrations
• Preface to fourth edition
• List of abbreviations
• 1 Definitions and history
• Definitions
• International organizations up to the First World War
• The foundations of the League of Nations
• The League’s activities
• Organizations from 1945 to 1989
• Post-Cold War organizations
• In summary
• A working definition
• 2 Classification of international organizations
• Membership: what are the building blocks?
• Membership: regionalism versus universalism
• Aims and activities
• Structure
• Summary
• 3 Writings on international organizations
• Realists
• Reformists
• Radicals
• Summary
• 4 Role and function of international organizations
• Roles of international organizations
• Functions of international organizations
• Global governance
• Conclusion
• 5 International organizations The future
• The probable future
• Other futures
• Bibliography
• Index