Includes bibliographical references and index

Why states act through formal international organizations / Kenneth W. Abbott and Duncan Snidal -- The (im)mortality of international governmental organizations / Richard Cupitt, Rodney Whitlock, and Lynn Williams Whitlock -- INGOs and the organization of world culture / John Boli and George M. Thomas -- The framework for inquiry / Robert Cox and Harold K. Jacobson -- Power and satisfaction in the Security Council / Barry O'Neill -- Financing the United Nations and the international public sector : problems and reform / Ruben P. Mendez -- The idea and the reality of collective security / Lynn H. Miller -- Forks in the road : theoretical and policy concerns for 21st century peacekeeping / Paul F. Diehl -- NATO's post-Cold War collective action problem / Joseph Lepgold -- What the Third World wants : an interpretation of the development and meaning of the new international economic order ideology / Craig N. Murphy -- The International Monetary Fund and developing countries : a review of the evidence and policy options / Graham Bird -- The new wave of regionalism / Edward D. Mansfield and Helen V. Milner -- Human rights : Amnesty International and the United Nations / Ramesh Thakur -- NGOs and the UN system in complex humanitarian emergencies : conflict or cooperation? / Andrew S. Natsios -- Strengthening compliance with international environmental accords / Harold K. Jacobson and Edith Brown Weiss -- The global women's movement : articulating a new vision of global governance / Ellen Dorsey -- United Nations relations with the United States : the UN must look out for itself / John L. Washburn -- Thinking about the future of the UN system / Chadwick F. Alger