Why international organizations hate politics : depoliticizing the world /
Louis, Marieke,
Why international organizations hate politics : depoliticizing the world / Marieke Louis and Lucile Maertens. - 1 online resource. - Global institutions .
Introduction: Depoliticizing the world -- Asserting expertise and pledging technical solutions -- Formatting neutrality -- Gaining time and losing momentum -- Following a functional-pragmatic path -- Monopolizing legitimacy -- Avoiding responsibility -- Conclusion: The politics of IO (de)politicization.
"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 IO "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, 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"--
9780429466984 0429466986 9780429883262 0429883269 9780429883255 0429883250 9780429883279 0429883277
10.4324/9780429466984 doi
International agencies.
Organizational behavior.
Political participation.
World politics.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / General
POLITICAL SCIENCE / NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations)
JZ4850
341.2
Why international organizations hate politics : depoliticizing the world / Marieke Louis and Lucile Maertens. - 1 online resource. - Global institutions .
Introduction: Depoliticizing the world -- Asserting expertise and pledging technical solutions -- Formatting neutrality -- Gaining time and losing momentum -- Following a functional-pragmatic path -- Monopolizing legitimacy -- Avoiding responsibility -- Conclusion: The politics of IO (de)politicization.
"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 IO "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, 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"--
9780429466984 0429466986 9780429883262 0429883269 9780429883255 0429883250 9780429883279 0429883277
10.4324/9780429466984 doi
International agencies.
Organizational behavior.
Political participation.
World politics.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / General
POLITICAL SCIENCE / NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations)
JZ4850
341.2