IRLS502 International Institution

It is generally acknowledged that the number of international organizations has dramatically increased in the past century. IR scholars, however, disagree about the implications of this phenomenon.

Has this growing number of international organizations fundamentally changed the nature of international governance? If so, how? If not, why? Explain your answer using the weekly readings as your guide, and by referring to actual empirical examples.

Instructions: Your initial post should be at least 500 words. Please respond to at least two other students

Readings

Mearsheimer, “The False Promise of International Institutions”

Abbott and Snidal, “Why States act through formal international organizations.”

Chorev, “The Institutional Project of Neoliberal Globalism”

Thompson, “Why did Bush Bypass the UN in 2003?”

Finnemore, “Constructing Norms of Humanitarian Intervention.”