New Perspectives on International Functionalism

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Working for Peace: the Functional Approach, Functionalism and Beyond

   • David Long, Lucian M. Ashworth

   Pages 1-26

3. Organizing for Peace: Science, Politics and Conflict in the Functional Approach

   • Justin D. Cooper

   Pages 27-48

4. Functionalism and Modernity in International Relations

   • John H. Eastby

   Pages 49-68

5. Bringing the Nation Back In? Mitrany and the Enjoyment of Nationalism

   • Lucian M. Ashworth

   Pages 69-83

6. The Functional Approach, Organization Theory and Conflict Resolution

   • Craig N. Murphy

   Pages 84-104

7. The United Nations and Functional Conflict Management

   • James Patrick Sewell

   Pages 105-119

8. The Security Discourses of the European Union: a Functional Critique

   • David Long

   Pages 120-136

9. From Farm War to Working Peace: the Functional Approach to the Management of Trade Conflict

   • Robert Wolfe

   Pages 137-155

10. Practical Things, Constricted Interests: David Mitrany and the False Security of Ecofunctionalism

    • Robert Boardman

    Pages 156-169

11. Back Matter

    Pages 170-181

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This book reassesses international functionalism as an approach to global politics. Functionalism has been marginalized as simply a pre-scientific precursor to regional integration theory. In fact, functionalism provides a global view of states and international organizations working towards a peaceful and constructive world order through cooperative relationships across borders to satisfy human needs. Chapters examine the early development of functionalism and apply functionalist insights to issues, problems and conflicts in contemporary global governance.

• conflict
• desegregation
• Europe
• European Union (EU)
• global governance
• Governance
• international organizations
• international relations
• nationalism
• politics
• United Nations
• world order

• Department of Government and Society, University of Limerick, Ireland

  Lucian M. Ashworth

• Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada

  David Long

LUCIAN M. ASHWORTH Lecturer in Government, University of Limerick, Ireland ROBERT BOARDMAN Professor of Political Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada JUSTIN D. COOPER President and Associate Professor of Political Science, Redeemer College, Ancaster, Ontario, Canada JOHN H. EASTBY Associate Professor of Political Science, Hampden-Sydney College, Hampden-Sydney, VA, USA DAVID LONG Associate Professor of International Affairs, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada CRAIG N. MURPHY Professor of International Relations, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, USA JAMES PATRICK SEWELL Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Brock University, St. Catharine's, Ontario, Canada ROBERT WOLFE Assistant Professor of Policy and Senior Fellow of the Centre For International Relations, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

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