The 'quiet' death of the League of Nations

国际联盟“悄然”消亡

• 批准号: 1939769
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Birkbeck, University of London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2017 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-1939769
• 关键词: quiet; death; League; Nations

The League of Nations was the world's first multifunctional intergovernmental organisation. While it failed to achieveits peacekeeping objectives, its economic and social work continued beyond its 'official' closure in April 1946,concluding in September 1947. Scholars of both History and International Relations have habitually ignored this'liquidation' period, and thereby failed to understand the organisation on its own terms.The League is the only organisation of its kind to be closed down. In 2017, a time when international organisationsare increasingly strained by governments' retreat into selectively isolationist positions, this historical case study hasenormous contemporary relevance. The lack of appreciation of the League's liquidation process has meant thatprevailing concepts concerning international organisations remain unchallenged, and our ability to understand theLeague is severely limited.My study will address the following:- How, in practice, did the work of the League come to a close?- Who was working for the League after April 1946, and why?-What was the role of leading personnel, such as the League's last Secretary-General, in its liquidation?- What lessons can international organisations operative today draw from the League's liquidation?- How does the League's closure challenge and help to refine existing models of intergovernmentalorganisations?This project will be based on both qualitative and quantitative research of a diverse range of sources, includingofficial League of Nations documentation, personal papers of those working for and alongside the organisation, andnational and media archives to trace wider reactions to and impacts of the closure process.

国际联盟是世界上第一个多功能的政府间组织。虽然它未能实现其维持和平的目标，但其经济和社会工作在1946年4月“正式”关闭后继续进行，并于1947年9月结束。历史学和国际关系学的学者们习惯性地忽略了这一“清算”时期，因而未能从其自身的角度来理解国联。国联是唯一一个被关闭的组织。在2017年，国际组织因政府退回到选择性孤立主义立场而日益紧张，这一历史案例研究具有巨大的当代意义。对国际联盟清算过程缺乏了解意味着关于国际组织的流行概念仍然没有受到挑战，我们理解国际联盟的能力受到严重限制。我的研究将解决以下问题：-在实践中，国际联盟的工作是如何结束的？- 1946年4月后谁在为联盟工作，为什么？领导人员，如阿盟的最后一任秘书长，在其清算中扮演了什么角色？今天运作的国际组织可以从国联的清算中吸取什么教训？联盟的关闭如何挑战和帮助完善现有的政府间组织模式？该项目将基于对各种来源的定性和定量研究，包括国际联盟的官方文件、为该组织工作和与该组织一起工作的人的个人文件以及国家和媒体档案，以追踪对关闭进程的更广泛反应和影响。