A discussion on the role of the International Organizations in the International Relations theory
Abstract
The article has as main objective to evidence the different approaches from the International Relations discipline that permit to study the international organizations. In this sense, first the article defines and characterizes the international organizations, as well as a differentiation from the term international institutions. Second, those researches published in the last years related to the issue of this paper are being exposed in the discussion section given account of the efforts made around the globe to inquire into this subject. Third, the article analyses the role played by the international organizations in the IR discipline, specifically from theories such as, realism and neo-realism, liberalism, neoliberal institutionalism and complex interdependence, constructivism, and others theoretical contributions (like the critical theory, the functionalism and neo-functionalism, the principal and agent, and the feminist theory). Finally yet importantly, final reflections are being presented. Thus, the paper studies an international actor considered by the most state-centric authors as non-traditional in the IR, such as the international organizations, which from mid-20th century have increased its presence in the international system, with currently relations with national and sub-national governments and reaching a huge variety of issues.Downloads
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