Table of Contents

Preface
International Organizations: Evolution and Mission
The Processes of History and Patterns of Mutuality
International Organizations: The First Hundred Years
The United Nations Era: 1945 to Today and Tomorrow
International Organizations: Goals and Means to Goals
International Organizations: From High State Authority to Supra-Organization Authority
Human Rights: Organization and Pursuit of Mission
The Evolution of Rights for Humans
The State
The Organizations: Human Rights as a Case Study
Annotated Bibliography
Index

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This study offers an overview of how international organizations evolved to serve the goals of their members, how the constitutional charters of organizations provide a coherent statement of these goals, and how these organizations are assuming increasing authority in the international system--especially in regard to constitutional law and human rights.

About the Author

JOHN S. GIBSON is Professor of Political Science at Tufts University, and Director of Tufts Program in International Relations. An acknowledged expert in international organizations, he is the author or editor of ten books and numerous journal articles and book chapters.