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1 online resource |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1. Introduction: Reconstructing the Identities of an International Non-Governmental Intelligence Agency, 1907-2017 Daniel Laqua (Northumbria University, UK), Wouter Van Acker (Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium) and Christophe Verbruggen (Ghent University, Belgium) -- 2. Founding the Union of International Associations: The Triumvirs -- Paul Otlet, Henri La Fontaine and Cyrille Van Overbergh W. Boyd Rayward (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA) -- 3. The Yearbook of International Organizations and Other Directories, 1909-2016: A Biography Pierre-Yves Saunier (Université Laval, Canada) -- 4. The Union of International Associations and the Development of Liberal International Relations Theory Thomas Davies (City University of London, UK) -- 5. The UIA and the Patronage of Internationalism before the Cold War Christophe Verbruggen (Ghent University, Belgium) -- 6. Carving Out a Role in the Cold War World: The UIA after 1945 Nico Randeraad (Maastrict University, the Netherlands) -- 7. The Union of International Associations and the International Union of Cities: Relocating the Abstract Spatiality of Early Twentieth-Century Information Networks Wouter Van Acker (Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium) -- 8. Educating Internationalists: the 'Université Internationale' in Context Daniel Laqua (Northumbria University, UK) -- 9. The UIA and the History of Women's Internationalism Sarah Hellawell (University of Sunderland, UK) and Julie Carlier (Ghent University, Belgium) -- 10. Historians and International Organizations: The International Committee of Historical Sciences in Context Matthias Middell (University of Leipzig, Germany) and Katja Naumann (University of Leipzig, Germany) -- 11. International Secretariats and Their Executive Heads Bob Reinalda (Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands) -- 12. Mapping International Congresses, 1850-2000 Martin Grandjean (University of Lausanne, Switzerland) -- 13. The UIA in the Twenty-First Century Nancy Carfrae (on behalf of the UIA Council and Secretariat) -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Summary |
"The Union of International Associations (UIA), founded in in 1910, sought to coordinate the relations and interests of international organizations across the world. As both an information hub on international organizations and an international body in its own right, the UIA's long history makes it a prism through which to study the field of international organizations and its dynamics. International Organizations and Global Civil Society is the first scholarly study to cover both the Union of International Associations' early years and its more recent past. It brings together experts from a variety of fields, including history, political science and international relations, architecture, digital humanities and library and information studies to explore key issues including the major ideas that were fundamental for the UIA's activities, the UIA's importance for the development of the field of scientific internationalism, the relations between the UIA and other international organizations and the changing position of the UIA when facing geopolitical challenges such as totalitarianism, the World Wars, decolonization, the Cold War and the making of a new world order. The volume sheds light on the history of social, cultural and political internationalism, and the way in which knowledge about international organizations was constructed, collected and conveyed. It addresses a number of current scholarly concerns: the concept of 'global civil society'; the development of international relations as a field of study; the investigation of transnational factors in modern and contemporary history; and the tracing of forerunners to the 'information society'."--Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Union of International Associations -- History.
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Union of International Associations |
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International agencies -- History.
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International agencies |
| Genre/Form |
History
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| Added Author |
Laqua, Daniel, editor.
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Acker, Wouter Van, editor.
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Verbruggen, Christophe, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 1350055638 9781350055636 (OCoLC)1027830408 |
| ISBN |
1350055611 (electronic book) |
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9781350055629 (electronic book) |
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135005562X |
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9781350055612 (electronic bk.) |
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1350055638 |
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9781350055636 |
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