Sinclair, Guy Fiti

To Reform the World: International Organizations and the Making of Modern States - United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, 2017. - xviii, 342p.

978-0-19-875796-2


PART I. THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, AND THE WELFARE STATE 1919-1945
From standard setting to Technical Assistance
Creating the ILO
A "really Living " Organization
Into Development
A Faith for All Mankind
To the East: Universality and Civilization
PART II. THE UNITED NATIONS, PEACEKEEPING, AND THE POSTCOLONICAL STATE 1945-1964
From Collective Security to Peacekeeping
Creating the UN
Struggling over Statehood
Into International Executive Rule
Modernization in Theory
Modernization in Practice
PART III. THE WORLD BANK, GOVERNANCE, AND THE MANAGERIAL STATE 1944-2000
From Reconstruction to Development
Creating the World Bank
Between Wall Street and the World
Into Governance
A Crusade against Poverty
Statistics and Statecraft

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