International Organizations: The Politics and Processes of Global Governance Margaret P. Karns - How

Margaret P. Karns is a Professor Emerita of Political Science at the University of Dayton, former director of the International Studies Program, and the founding director of the University of Dayton's Center for International Programs from 1983 to 1995. She earned her Ph.D. at the University of Michigan and specializes in international politics, foreign policy analysis, and international organizations, with a particular emphasis on U.S. foreign policy and multilateral institutions. With Professor Karen Mingst of the University of Kentucky she has published two books: The United States and Multilateral Institutions: Patterns of Instrumentality and Influence (1990) and The United Nations in the Post-Cold War Era (1995; second edition, 2000) as well as numerous articles on UN peacekeeping, global governance, and the future of the UN system. Her textbook, Networks of International Organizations: Politics and Processes of Global Governance was published in 2004. Professor Karns has worked with two UD undergraduate students on collaborative research projects, one with Jason Enia (1999) on the consequences of the Asian financial crisis for regional cooperation and another with Jill Marie Gerschutz (2002) on implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Both papers were presented at professional meetings. During 1995-96, Professor Karns was Visiting Professor of International Relations at the John Hopkins University-Nanjing University Center for Chinese and American Studies in Nanjing, China. She returned to Asia from February through May 1998 to teach a training course entitled "Multilateral Diplomacy and the United Nations System" for mid-career Vietnamese officials at The Institute of International Relations in Hanoi. She is a past Vice President of International Studies Association, a member of the New York-based Council on Foreign Relations, and a long-time board member as well as past president of the Dayton Council on World Affairs. She serves on the editorial boards for Rowman & Littlefield's Millennium Series, the International Studies Quarterly, and Global Governance.

International Organizations: The Politics and Processes of Global Governance Margaret P. Karns

Download File

Margaret P. Karns is a distinguished scholar of international relations with a special interest in global governance and international organizations. She is currently visiting professor in the Ph.D. program on global governance and human security at the University of Massachusetts Boston after a long career at the University of Dayton, where she remains professor emerita of political science. 2ff7e9595c