TY - JOUR

T1 - The League of Nations Secretariat

T2 - An Experiment in Liberal Internationalism?

AU - Gram-Skjoldager, Karen

AU - Ikonomou, Haakon Andreas

PY - 2021

Y1 - 2021

N2 - This article considers to what extent and in which ways the League of Nations Secretariat may be considered a liberal internationalist actor. Based on a brief conceptual exploration of the concept of liberal internationalism and with inspiration from Public Administration Theory, it explores three key areas of the Secretariat’s work: The Secretary-General’s activities, disarmament and health. The article concludes that, perhaps, counterintuitively, the League Secretariat was not predominantly operating according to a pure liberal internationalist axiom and that it was a much more ideologically diverse and complex phenomenon than what can be gleaned from the rhetoric of its founders.

AB - This article considers to what extent and in which ways the League of Nations Secretariat may be considered a liberal internationalist actor. Based on a brief conceptual exploration of the concept of liberal internationalism and with inspiration from Public Administration Theory, it explores three key areas of the Secretariat’s work: The Secretary-General’s activities, disarmament and health. The article concludes that, perhaps, counterintuitively, the League Secretariat was not predominantly operating according to a pure liberal internationalist axiom and that it was a much more ideologically diverse and complex phenomenon than what can be gleaned from the rhetoric of its founders.

UR - https://www.cairn.info/revue-mondes-2021-1-page-31.htm?contenu=article

M3 - Tidsskriftartikel

VL - 19

SP - 31

EP - 50

JO - Monde(s) - Histoire, Espaces, Relations

JF - Monde(s) - Histoire, Espaces, Relations

SN - 2261-6268

IS - 1

ER -