HIS 159 - History of International Institutions and Organizations

Institution:

Long Island University-C W Post Campus

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Description:

What links the Truce of God, the Treaty of Westphalia, the Hague Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes, the YMCA, the UN,the European Union and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers? They all represent attempts by governments, nongovernmental groups, and/or private enterprises and individuals to construct and intergovernmental, non-governmental and super governmental instructions, organizations, frameworks, networks in cooperation on various issues on an international or global scale. This course explores the historical development and evolution of these efforts, with a concentration on the profusion of organizations, treaties, and networks since the turn of the twentieth century, and which represent a counterweight to the impression of the past century as a one defined by global hot and cold conflicts. Prerequisites of HIS 2 or permission of instructor is required.

Credits:

3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.liu.edu

Phone Number:

(516) 299-2900

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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