Author: Darren G. Hawkins
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139458817
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 425
Book Description
Why do states delegate certain tasks and responsibilities to international organizations rather than acting unilaterally or cooperating directly? Furthermore, to what extent do states continue to control IOs once authority has been delegated? Examining a variety of different institutions including the World Trade Organization, the United Nations and the European Commission, this book explores the different methods that states employ to ensure their interests are being served, and identifies the problems involved with monitoring and managing IOs. The contributors suggest that it is not inherently more difficult to design effective delegation mechanisms at international level than at domestic level and, drawing on principal-agent theory, help explain the variations that exist in the extent to which states are willing to delegate to IOs. They argue that IOs are neither all evil nor all virtuous, but are better understood as bureaucracies that can be controlled to varying degrees by their political masters.
Delegation and Agency in International Organizations
Author: Darren G. Hawkins
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139458817
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 425
Book Description
Why do states delegate certain tasks and responsibilities to international organizations rather than acting unilaterally or cooperating directly? Furthermore, to what extent do states continue to control IOs once authority has been delegated? Examining a variety of different institutions including the World Trade Organization, the United Nations and the European Commission, this book explores the different methods that states employ to ensure their interests are being served, and identifies the problems involved with monitoring and managing IOs. The contributors suggest that it is not inherently more difficult to design effective delegation mechanisms at international level than at domestic level and, drawing on principal-agent theory, help explain the variations that exist in the extent to which states are willing to delegate to IOs. They argue that IOs are neither all evil nor all virtuous, but are better understood as bureaucracies that can be controlled to varying degrees by their political masters.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139458817
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 425
Book Description
Why do states delegate certain tasks and responsibilities to international organizations rather than acting unilaterally or cooperating directly? Furthermore, to what extent do states continue to control IOs once authority has been delegated? Examining a variety of different institutions including the World Trade Organization, the United Nations and the European Commission, this book explores the different methods that states employ to ensure their interests are being served, and identifies the problems involved with monitoring and managing IOs. The contributors suggest that it is not inherently more difficult to design effective delegation mechanisms at international level than at domestic level and, drawing on principal-agent theory, help explain the variations that exist in the extent to which states are willing to delegate to IOs. They argue that IOs are neither all evil nor all virtuous, but are better understood as bureaucracies that can be controlled to varying degrees by their political masters.
International Organisations and Global Problems
Author: Susan Park
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107077214
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Analyses the effectiveness of international organisations as problem solvers of key issues in global politics.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107077214
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Analyses the effectiveness of international organisations as problem solvers of key issues in global politics.
Guide to Sources for Agricultural and Biological Research
Author: J. Richard Blanchard
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520328736
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 748
Book Description
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1981.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520328736
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 748
Book Description
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1981.
The Law of International Organisations
Author: N. D. White
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : International agencies
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
White addresses fundamental issues such as the development of world and regional government, the rule of law, the decline of sovereign equality and the concepts of implied and inherent powers, and discusses the international institutional system.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : International agencies
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
White addresses fundamental issues such as the development of world and regional government, the rule of law, the decline of sovereign equality and the concepts of implied and inherent powers, and discusses the international institutional system.
International Organisations and Overseas Agencies Publications
Author: Great Britain. Her Majesty's Stationery Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : International agencies
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : International agencies
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
Farmington Plan Newsletter
Author:
Publisher: Association of Research Libr
ISBN:
Category : Acquisition of foreign publications
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Publisher: Association of Research Libr
ISBN:
Category : Acquisition of foreign publications
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Government Publications
Author: Bernard M. Fry
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 148315601X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 827
Book Description
Government Publications: Key Papers is a compilation of papers that covers various topics related to government publications. The book presents materials drawn from a variety of sources, such as public domains, book chapters, and periodicals from different countries. The text contains 61 chapters organized into 15 parts; each part covers a specific area, such as sorting and labeling of publications, library systems, reference services, and municipal and state publications. The book dedicates several parts to British, Canadian, and Australian publications. This book will be of great value to individuals who have an interest in government information.
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 148315601X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 827
Book Description
Government Publications: Key Papers is a compilation of papers that covers various topics related to government publications. The book presents materials drawn from a variety of sources, such as public domains, book chapters, and periodicals from different countries. The text contains 61 chapters organized into 15 parts; each part covers a specific area, such as sorting and labeling of publications, library systems, reference services, and municipal and state publications. The book dedicates several parts to British, Canadian, and Australian publications. This book will be of great value to individuals who have an interest in government information.
The Oxford Handbook of International Organizations
Author: Jacob Katz Cogan
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0191652369
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1345
Book Description
Virtually every important question of public policy today involves an international organization. From trade to intellectual property to health policy and beyond, governments interact with international organizations in almost everything they do. Increasingly, individual citizens are directly affected by the work of international organizations. Aimed at academics, students, practitioners, and lawyers, this book gives a comprehensive overview of the world of international organizations today. It emphasizes both the practical aspects of their organization and operation, and the conceptual issues that arise at the junctures between nation-states and international authority, and between law and politics. While the focus is on inter-governmental organizations, the book also encompasses non-governmental organizations and public policy networks. With essays by the leading scholars and practitioners, the book first considers the main international organizations and the kinds of problems they address. This includes chapters on the organizations that relate to trade, humanitarian aid, peace operations, and more, as well as chapters on the history of international organizations. The book then looks at the constituent parts and internal functioning of international organizations. This addresses the internal management of the organization, and includes chapters on the distribution of decision-making power within the organizations, the structure of their assemblies, the role of Secretaries-General and other heads, budgets and finance, and other elements of complex bureaucracies at the international level. This book is essential reading for scholars, practitioners, and students alike.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0191652369
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1345
Book Description
Virtually every important question of public policy today involves an international organization. From trade to intellectual property to health policy and beyond, governments interact with international organizations in almost everything they do. Increasingly, individual citizens are directly affected by the work of international organizations. Aimed at academics, students, practitioners, and lawyers, this book gives a comprehensive overview of the world of international organizations today. It emphasizes both the practical aspects of their organization and operation, and the conceptual issues that arise at the junctures between nation-states and international authority, and between law and politics. While the focus is on inter-governmental organizations, the book also encompasses non-governmental organizations and public policy networks. With essays by the leading scholars and practitioners, the book first considers the main international organizations and the kinds of problems they address. This includes chapters on the organizations that relate to trade, humanitarian aid, peace operations, and more, as well as chapters on the history of international organizations. The book then looks at the constituent parts and internal functioning of international organizations. This addresses the internal management of the organization, and includes chapters on the distribution of decision-making power within the organizations, the structure of their assemblies, the role of Secretaries-General and other heads, budgets and finance, and other elements of complex bureaucracies at the international level. This book is essential reading for scholars, practitioners, and students alike.
Catalogue of Government Publications
Author: Great Britain. Her Majesty's Stationery Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
International Organizations and Military Affairs
Author: Hylke Dijkstra
Publisher: Global Institutions
ISBN: 9781138065093
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The member states of international organisations increasingly delegate the planning and conduct of multinational military operations to international secretariats. In carrying out their functions, these officials not only facilitate the work of the member states, but can also pursue their own distinct agendas. This book analyses how states seek to control secretariats when it comes to military missions by international organisations, and introduces an innovative theoretical framework that identifies different types of control mechanisms. It presents six empirical chapters on the UN, NATO and EU secretariats and provides new data from a unique dataset and 45 in-depth interviews.
Publisher: Global Institutions
ISBN: 9781138065093
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The member states of international organisations increasingly delegate the planning and conduct of multinational military operations to international secretariats. In carrying out their functions, these officials not only facilitate the work of the member states, but can also pursue their own distinct agendas. This book analyses how states seek to control secretariats when it comes to military missions by international organisations, and introduces an innovative theoretical framework that identifies different types of control mechanisms. It presents six empirical chapters on the UN, NATO and EU secretariats and provides new data from a unique dataset and 45 in-depth interviews.