ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the world of ideas to the real world and examines international organizations in greater detail. International organizations are human creations and embody people's ingenuity in response to a variety of circumstances. There is always a human factor that often undermines efforts to systematize political, economic, and social organizations. Furthermore, international organizations are not static or unchanging; they adjust and adapt to the environment. The chapter identifies two stages in their development and examines the evolution of international organizations. The first stage, 1845–1945, marks the start-up phase of international organizations and coincides with the rise of people's "international" consciousness as well as the initial structuration of a nascent international system. The second stage, 1945-present, is the maturation phase of international organizations as the density and scope of the international system's structuration increased. The structural refinements that were built into the UN Charter were rather modest and in practice inadequate for the organization to function effectively.
