Eric Drummond and his Legacies The League of Nations and the Beginnings of Global Governance /

• Main Authors: Macfadyen, David (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Davies, Michael D. V. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Carr, Marilyn Norah (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Burley, John (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Understanding Governance
• Subjects: Public policy.; World politics.; International organization.; Political science.; Political leadership.; Diplomacy.; Public Policy.; Political History.; International Organization.; Governance and Government.; Political Leadership.

"This well-researched book does justice finally to a forgotten pioneer of international cooperation. It explores Drummond's legacy-an international civil service with integrity, intelligence, independence, and impartiality-which remains more aspiration than reality. Discover why that visio...

Table of Contents:

• 1. The life and character of Eric Drummond 1876-1951
• 2. Leadership
• 3. After Geneva
• 4. An International Secretariat appears on the World Stage
• 5. The International Secretariat and its ethos
• 6. La Haute Direction, impartial and partial officials
• 7. The Directors and the work of their sections
• 8. Drummond's commitment to universality
• 9. Transition to the new international order
• 10. The structural and practical legacy of an International Civil Service
• 11. Humanitarian and political legacies
• 12. Social, economic and technical legacies
• 13. Internationalism restored, starting anew.