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Regional Organisation outside Europe

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The Rise of the International Organisation: A Short History

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Abstract

There is now a vast number of regional and sub-regional organisations with a range of functions embracing military, economic, political and cultural co-operation. Rather than attempting to discuss all or even many of these — a task which in one chapter would produce little more than a list of names — I will confine myself here to considering briefly the history and functions of three of the more important regional organisations, together with some of their offshoots.

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Armstrong, D. (1982). Regional Organisation outside Europe. In: The Rise of the International Organisation: A Short History. The Making of the 20th Century. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-16010-5_5

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