Challenges for International Organizations in the Twenty-First Century

The book brings together the two major developments of the past decade: the collapse of the Soviet Union with the subsequent abolition of the East-West conflict on the political side and the development of 'globalization' on the economic side. It is shown that both of these drastic changes has resulted in an increased demand for regulation and guidance by international organizations, which in turn were pressured by their own need for reforms and adjustment to the changing international agenda.

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MARTINA METZGER is Lecturer and Research Fellow at the Institute of Economic Policy and Economic History at the Department of Economics, Free University of Berlin. She has published in both English and German in several economic journals.

BIRGIT REICHENSTEIN is Lecturer and Researcher at the Institute for Economic Policy at the Free University of Berlin.

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Notes on the Contributors Preface Curriculum Vitae of Klaus Hüfner Involvements and Detachment: Looking Back (and Forward) on Klaus Hüfner's Peculiar Mix of Experiences, Dispositions and Activities; J.Naumann PART I: CHANGING ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT: PERSISTENT QUESTIONS ON DEVELOPMENT Some Reflections on Trade Expansion as a Measure of Globalization; H.W.Singer With A Little Help from NTBs: Why Reducing Tariffs Does not Lead to Free Trade; B.Reichenstein Regional Integration Among Less Developed Economies: Discordant Variations on an Evergreen; W.Schelkle 25 Years After the Collapse of the Bretton Woods System: Still not Having Found What We Were Looking For; M.Metzger Asia and the International Monetary Fund: Reflections on the Present World Currency Crisis; H.Riese Current Economic and Financial Policies and their Social Consequences; L.Emmerij The Coffers are not Empty: Financing for Sustainable Development and the Role of the United Nations; J.Martens & J.A.Paul PART II: NATIONAL CULTURE: INTERNATIONAL LINKS New Concepts of the UN in Maintaining Peace: A Discourse Analysis About a Producer of Texts; U.Albrecht Science and Global Governance: The Story of United Nations University; M.Simai Global Culture versus Golden Cages: New Options for Cultural Policies; T.Schöfthaler Publications by Klaus Hüfner