Overview
- Argues that the present-day organizations of global governance are powerfully influenced by their early origins
- Examines how the character of Eric Drummond influenced the establishment of the International Civil Service, the glue that holds the multilateral system together
- Appeals to those who follow international affairs and twentieth century history; academics and students of global organizations, international relations and global governance; as well as those working, or wishing to work, in international organizations
Part of the book series: Understanding Governance (TRG)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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A Great International Civil Servant
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Front Matter
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Creating an Enduring International Civil Service
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Back Matter
Keywords
- global governance
- Jean Monnet
- multilateral cooperation
- Spirit of Geneva
- League-mindedness
- disarmament
- universality
- Anglo-American relations
- European Economic Community
- inclusive leadership
- Lane bequest
- Antisemitism
- Saar Commission
- Stresa Conference
- Rome-Berlin axis
- appeasement
- Paris Peace Conference
- Drafting of Covenant
- Manchurian Crisis
- Economic and Finance Organisation
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Reviews
“The book, as such, will be of interest to academics, international civil servants, diplomats and practitioners alike. … Eric Drummond and His Legacies provides a much-needed historical and biographical perspective on actors responsible for building multilateral organisations.” (Jan Lüdert, LSE Review of Books, blogs.lse.ac.uk, September 4, 2019)
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Michael Davies is a former staff member of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Inter-American Development Bank. He is the author of International Organizations: A Companion and The Administration of International Organizations.
Marilyn Carr has worked for the UN Economic Commission for Africa and the UN Development Fund for Women. She studied Development Economics at the University of Sussex, UK, and is the author of many books and articles on science, technology and women’s economic empowerment.
John Burley was an economic adviser to the Government of Uganda before working for the UN, including the UN Development Programme (UNDP). Hewas a Director at the UN Conference for Trade and Development and has contributed to a number of published studies of the UN system.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Eric Drummond and his Legacies
Book Subtitle: The League of Nations and the Beginnings of Global Governance
Authors: David Macfadyen, Michael D. V. Davies, Marilyn Norah Carr, John Burley
Series Title: Understanding Governance
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04732-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-04731-3Published: 25 February 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-04732-0Published: 06 February 2019
Series ISSN: 2947-4221
Series E-ISSN: 2947-423X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIX, 361
Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations, 8 illustrations in colour
Topics: Public Policy, Political History, International Organization, Governance and Government, Political Leadership, Diplomacy