Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to International Organizations Law
- Cambridge Companions to Law
- The Cambridge Companion to International Organizations Law
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Cases
- Introduction
- 1 Beyond Functionalism
- 2 The Concept of International Organization
- 3 Accountability
- 4 Inclusion and Exclusion in International Organizations
- 5 A Legal Framework on Internal Matters
- 6 Standard-Setting in UN System Organizations
- 7 Operational Activities
- 8 Deliberation
- 9 Teaching Statehood
- 10 Interaction between International Organizations
- 11 The International Organization for Migration and the Duty to Protect Migrants
- 12 Global Health
- 13 Energy Provision
- 14 International Organizations, Disarmament and State Behaviour
- 15 International Organizations and Stories of Development
- 16 Food Security and International Organizations
- 17 Financial Stability
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index
16 - Food Security and International Organizations
Why Not Global? Why Not Now?
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Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to International Organizations Law
- Cambridge Companions to Law
- The Cambridge Companion to International Organizations Law
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Cases
- Introduction
- 1 Beyond Functionalism
- 2 The Concept of International Organization
- 3 Accountability
- 4 Inclusion and Exclusion in International Organizations
- 5 A Legal Framework on Internal Matters
- 6 Standard-Setting in UN System Organizations
- 7 Operational Activities
- 8 Deliberation
- 9 Teaching Statehood
- 10 Interaction between International Organizations
- 11 The International Organization for Migration and the Duty to Protect Migrants
- 12 Global Health
- 13 Energy Provision
- 14 International Organizations, Disarmament and State Behaviour
- 15 International Organizations and Stories of Development
- 16 Food Security and International Organizations
- 17 Financial Stability
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The strangest thing about international organizations is that for all the appearance that they have of bringing about a dulling rationalization of life, they are enmeshed in global politics as deeply as any other actor, if not more deeply. The very existence of international organizations in a world order founded on the equal sovereignty of states defies fundamental logic and possibly confirms that they exist both as instruments of policy and as political agents. International organizations have a complex history of their own, and ascertaining their politics is, arguably, in the eyes of the beholder.
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- The Cambridge Companion to International Organizations Law , pp. 363 - 390Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022