PS420/520: International Organization

Ronald B. Mitchell
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Alternative for doing Martin and Simmons readings:

The Martin and Simmons book that is required for the course is not available on reserve.  However, all of the articles are available free online, IF you either do it from campus or get in thru the modem pool or use VPN (virtual private network) software.  

Go to the University of Oregon Library website: http://libweb.uoregon.edu/  and then:

1. In the middle column of the page here is a field titled “... or select an index by name, starting with…A-Z…”  Scroll down and select “J.”
2. Select the JSTOR: Electronic Journal Archive
3. If you are accessing the Library’s website from off campus you will need to log in at this point.  Please see the information desk at Knight Library if you have any questions or problems with this. 
4. Click on search to begin searching for the articles. 
5. Type in the title of the article (table of contents is below) and press search.  In the results list you may have to scroll down a few first. 

For example, type in “Interests, Power, and Multilateralism” by Lisa Martin.

6. Click on the title in the results list and the article will open. 
7. At the top of the page there is a link to download the article.  Click this.  Alternatively, if you want to print this directly, click print at the top of the page and click “proceed with printing.”
8. If you click “download” there are several options for downloading JSTOR articles.  I generally recommend doing this as a PDF.  Click on the format you would like to save the article in and it will come up in that format. 
9. Print it or save it to print later.  These directions can be used to research topics such as “compliance with environmental treaties,” in addition to specific articles.  [By the way, these search terms bring up an article titled “Regime Design Matters: Intentional Oil Pollution and Treaty Compliance” that is assigned for week 9.]

Table of Contents for Martin/Simmons Book:

Chapter Title                              Start Page (# of pages)

Preface                                            1  (8)
        Lisa L. Martin
        Beth A. Simmons

I. Theories

  Political Leadership and Regime Formation: On    9  (28)
  the Development of Institutions in
  International Society (1991)
        Oran R. Young

  Interests, Power, and Multilateralism (1992)     37 (28)
        Lisa L. Martin

  International Organizations as Teachers of       65 (34)
  Norms: The United Nations' Educational,
  Scientific, and Cultural Organization and
  Science Policy (1993)
        Martha Finnemore

II. Empirical Studies                              99 (146)

  Regime Design Matters: Intentional Oil           103(34)
  Pollution and Treaty Compliance (1994)
        Ronald B. Mitchell

  Inertia and Change in the Constellation of       137(36)
  International Governmental Organizations,
  1981-1992 (1996)
        Cheryl Shanks
        Harold K. Jacobson
        Jeffrey H. Kaplan

  Who Are the ``Masters of the Treaty''?           173(28)
  European Governments and the European Court
  of Justice (1998)
        Karen J. Alter

  The Politics of Dispute Settlement Design:       201(44)
  Explaining Legalism in Regional Trade Pacts
  (2000)
        James McCall Smith

III. The Compliance Debate                         245(92)

  On Compliance (1993)                             247(32)
        Abram Chayes
        Antonia Handler Chayes

  Is the Good News About Compliance Good News      279(28)
  About Cooperation? (1996)
        George W. Downs
        David M. Rocke
        Peter N. Barsoom

  The Legalization of International Monetary       307(30)
  Affairs (2000)
        Beth A. Simmons

IV. Critiques                                      337(4)

  International Organization: A State of the       341(24)
  Art on an Art of the State (1986)
        Friedrich Kratochwil
        John Gerard Ruggie

  The Limits of International Organization:        365(38)
  Systematic Failure in the Management of
  International Relations (1991)
        Giulio M. Gallarotti

  The Politics, Power, and Pathologies of          403(34)
  International Organizations (1999)
        Michael N. Barnett
        Martha Finnemore

  Theories and Empirical Studies of                437
  International Institutions (1998)
        Lisa L. Martin
        Beth A. Simmons