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Why International Organizations Hate Politics: Depoliticizing the World

Why International Organizations Hate Politics: Depoliticizing the World

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Series: Global Institutions

General LawGeneral Political ScienceInternational Relations

ISBN10: 103200424X
ISBN13: 9781032004242
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Jan 9 2023
Pages: 202
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.47 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

Building on the concept of depoliticization, this book provides a first systematic analysis of International Organizations (IO) apolitical claims. It shows that depoliticization sustains IO everyday activities while allowing them to remain engaged in politics, even when they pretend not to.

Delving into the inner dynamics of global governance, this book develops an analytical framework on why IOs hate politics by bringing together practices and logics of depoliticization in a wide variety of historical, geographic and organizational contexts. With multiple case studies in the fields of labor rights and economic regulation, environmental protection, development and humanitarian aid, peacekeeping, among others this book shows that depoliticization is enacted in a series of overlapping, sometimes mundane, practices resulting from the complex interaction between professional habits, organizational cultures and individual tactics. By approaching the consequences of these practices in terms of logics, the book addresses the instrumental dimension of depoliticization without assuming that IO actors necessarily intend to depoliticize their action or global problems.

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