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This article analyzes the role of international organizations in the dynamics of globalization, with a particular focus on their symbolic & normative functions. It highlights the bureaucratic & political constraints on fulfillment of their mandate, & the overriding responsibility of governments in maintaining institutional structures that are incapable of contributing to a significant reduction in mass poverty & environmental degradation. It concludes by asserting the need for new international regulatory controls. 1 Picture. Adapted from the source document.

The idea of "governance" expresses as much the requirement to take a fresh look at the force lines of authority & power as the need to make current the role of nongovernmental organizations in the mechanisms of political regulation with in international relations. However, it is argued that the issue of governance has been co-opted not only by international organizations seeking to legitimize their neoliberal predilections & projects, but also by writers whose theoretical approach has often lacked rigor & who have confused the expansion of the capitalist economy with the inexorable advance of history. Shortcomings should not discourage studies of governance that raise issue of institutions better suited for changes in the contemporary world. 14 References. Adapted from the source document.

Threats to the harmony of national societies & to international security are increasingly arising out of social & economic problems rather than from military phenomena. The political context in which contemporary social questions are arising has changed considerably by becoming worldwide, & hence eluding state sovereignty. Further, the international dimension of some of its determining factors (eg, population growth), is increasingly clear not only because of humanitarian concerns, but also as large-scale cross-national movements of people occur & issues of global environmental safety arise. The dimension of these problems calls for the establishment of new international institutions or a revision of the mandates & operational procedures of existing organizations. 1 Photograph, 27 References. Adapted from the source document.

An analysis of the "realist" theory of international relations, as formulated in the 1940s & implemented by US leaders. It is argued that the dynamics of world politics are not exclusively the result of the confrontation of opposing powers, as suggested by realist thought; further, the structures of contemporary international society promote relations of oppression, dependency, social marginalization, migratory movements, & ethnic & regional conflicts, which are not explicable by realist theory. It is concluded that a nonconceptual approach that addresses problems related to development, environment, refugees, population growth, & religious & cultural conflict is needed. I. Shagrir

Summary in English. Analyzes ideological contradictions contained in the UNESCO charter; also, examines functioning of the General Conference and the Executive Board (especially as regards origin and nature of rhetoric which prevails there) and causes of ineffectiveness of the Secretariat.