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Martha Finnemore

Professor of Political Science and International Affairs

Ph.D., Stanford University, 1992

Office: Monroe 472
Phone: (202) 994-8617
Fax: (202)994-5477
Email: finnemor@gwu.edu

Expertise

International organizations, organization theory, global governance, and ethics in international affairs

Background

Professor Finnemore's research focuses on global governance and international organizations. Her most recent book, Rules for the World: International Organizations in Global Politics, (coauthored with Michael Barnett) won the International Studies Association prize for best book in 2006. She has also written National Interests in International Society, The Purpose of Intervention, which won the 2004 Woodrow Wilson Prize, and scholarly articles appearing in International Organization, World Politics, Review of International Studies, and elsewhere.