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The league of nations : perspectives from the present / editors: Haakon A. Ikonomou and Karen Gram-Skjoldager.

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors: Ikonomou, Haakon A. (Editor), Gram-Skjoldager, Karen (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Aarhus, Denmark : Aarhus University Press, [2019]
Edition:First edition, first impression.
Subjects:
League of Nations > History.
International relations > History > 20th century.
World politics > 1919-1932.
World politics > 1933-1945.
League of Nations.
International relations.
World politics.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1-Inside The League
  • The Men Behind the Man: Canvassing the Directorship of the League of Nations Secretariat (Torsten Kahlert And Karen Gram-Skjoldager)
  • Three Generations
  • The Directors in the Institutional Setup of the Secretariat
  • Founding Fathers
  • The Firs T Generation(1920-1927)
  • The Insiders
  • The Second Genera Tion(1928-1932)
  • The Third Generation (1933-1946)
  • Conclusion and Perspectives
  • Afterlives
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • An International Language: The Translation and Interpretation Service (Haakon A. Ikonomou)
  • So Much to Do!
  • Towards A Geneva Language
  • Translation and Interpretationas Heroic Internationalism
  • A New Diplomacy
  • The Symbolic Significance of Translation and Interpretation
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Taming the Bureaucrats: The Supervisory Commission and Political Control of The Secretariat (Karen Gram-Skjoldager)
  • The Power of the Purse
  • The Supervisory Commission Andthe Institutional Balances of the League.
  • The Supervisory Commissionand The Rise of the Small States
  • War And The Problem of Avenol
  • Between Montreal and Geneva
  • Conclusion and Perspectives- Preparing for Peace
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Competing Internationalisms at The League of Nations Secretariat, 1933-1940 (Marco Moraes)
  • Before Avenol
  • Joseph Avenol, Secretary-General(1933-1940)
  • Apolitical Technocracy or Fascist Internationalism?
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Gender Distribution in the League of Nations: The Start of A Revolution? (Myriam Piguet)
  • A Unique Step Towardsgender Equality.
  • A Gap to be Uncovered
  • The Bureaucratic Revolution that Favoured the Emergence of Women in International Administration
  • In Practice, Genderinequality Remained
  • The Gendered Division of Labour
  • A Question of Education
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Part 2-The Leaguein Context
  • Naturism, The Permanent Mandates Commission, And the Denial of the Violent Nature of Colonialism (Florian Wagner)
  • The Pmc: A Civilisin G Institution
  • Using The Early League to Influencethe "International Talk"To Belgium's Advantage
  • Colonial Internationalismand The "Neutrality" of the Pmc.
  • "Neutrality" as Solidarityamong Colonisers
  • Scandals And Reform Initiatives
  • Legitimising Colonialism through Reform
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Israel Zangwill on Nationality and 'The League of Damnations' (Laura Almagor)
  • Israel Zangwill
  • 'Nationality'
  • Two Men, One Brother
  • The League of Damnations
  • A Jewish Moral Vanguard
  • Conclusion: Against the Grain
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • The Untold Story of Eric Colban and the Greco-Turkish Population Exchange (Mads Drange)
  • The Minority Sectionof the League of Nations
  • The Greco-Turkish Population exchange Agreement.

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