The Union of International Associations (UIA) was founded in 1910, aiming to coordinate the relations and interests of international organizations across the world. Its long history makes it a prism through which to study the field of international organizations and its dynamics.Bringing together experts from fields including history, political science and international relations, architecture, historical sociology, digital humanities and information studies, International Organizations and Global Civil Society is the first scholarly book to cover both the UIA's early years and its more recent past. Key issues explored include the UIA's importance for the field of scientific internationalism, the relations between the UIA and other international organizations, and the changing position of the UIA when facing geopolitical challenges such as totalitarianism, the World Wars and the Cold War.This important book addresses a number of current scholarly concerns: the concept of "global civil society"; the development of international relations as a field of study; the investigation of transnational factors in modern and contemporary history; and the tracing of forerunners to the "information society".

Provides a new perspective on the history of international organisations by using the UIA as a critical case study

INTRODUCTION: RECONSTRUCTING THE IDENTITIES OF AN INTERNATIONAL NON-GOVERNMENTAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, Daniel Laqua, Wouter Van Acker and Christophe VerbruggenPart I: THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE UIAChapter 1CREATING THE UIA: HENRI LA FONTAINE, CYRILLE VAN OVERBERGH AND PAUL OTLETW. Boyd RaywardChapter 2THE UIA AND THE PATRONAGE OF INTERNATIONALISM: FROM THE BELLE ÉPOQUE TO THE SECOND WORLD WARChristophe VerbruggenChapter 3EDUCATING INTERNATIONALISTS: THE CONTEXT, ROLE AND LEGACIES OF THE UIA'S 'INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY'Daniel LaquaChapter 4CARVING OUT A NEW ROLE: THE UIA AFTER THE SECOND WORLD WARPart II: THE UIA IN A WORLD OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONSChapter 5BUILDING A 'NEW INTERNATIONAL ORDER': INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS AND THE UIASarah HellawellChapter 6LEGITIMIZING THE TRANSNATIONAL ASSOCIATIVE EXPERT: THE UNION INTERNATIONALE DES VILLES AND THE UIAWouter Van AckerChapter 7HISTORIANS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF HISTORICAL SCIENCESMatthias Middell and Katja NaumannPart III: EXPLORING THE UIA'S PUBLICATIONS AND DATAChapter 8THE UIA AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS THEORYThomas DaviesChapter 9EVERYTHING ONE WANTS TO KNOW ABOUT INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS? A CRITICAL BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEARBOOK OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, 1909-2017Pierre-Yves SaunierChapter 10LOOKING FOR INFORMATION ON INTERNATIONAL SECRETARIATS: DIGGING DEEPER INTO THE YEARBOOK OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONSBob ReinaldaChapter 11MAPPING INTERNATIONALISM: CONGRESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS IN THE NINETEENTH AND TWENTIETH CENTURIESMartin Grandjean and Marco H. D. van LeeuwenEPILOGUE: THE UIA IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURYNancy Carfrae