1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910786206303321

Autore

Trondal Jarle

Titolo

Unpacking international organisations [[electronic resource] ] : the dynamics of compound bureaucracies / / Jarle Trondal ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester, : Manchester University Press, c2010

ISBN

1-84779-352-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Collana

European Politics

European Policy Research Unit series

Altri autori (Persone)

TrondalJarle

Disciplina

341.2

Soggetti

International agencies

Public administration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [210]-224) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introducing and theorising international bureaucracy. The bureaucracy of international organisations ; On the principles of organisation of international bureaucracies -- International bureaucracies. The European Commission ; The OECD Secretariat ; The WTO Secretariat -- The dynamics of compound bureaucracies. Departmental dynamics in international bureaucracies ; Supranational dynamics in international bureaucracies ; Epistemic dynamics in international bureaucracies ; Intergovernmental dynamics in international bureaucracies -- Conclusions. Complexity and stability in international bureaucracies.

Sommario/riassunto

This book introduces international bureaucracy as a key field of study for public administration and also rediscovers it as an essential ingredient in the study of international organisations. To what extent, how and why do international bureaucracies challenge and supplement the inherent Westphalian intergovernmental order based on territorial sovereignty? To what extent, how and why do international bureaucracies supplement the existing international intergovernmental order with a multi-dimensional international order subjugated by a compound set of decision-making dynamics? International bu



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910160351403321

Autore

Gilbert Michael

Titolo

Smallbone Deceased

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Looe, Cornwall, : House of Stratus, 2013

ISBN

0-7551-3243-2

0-7551-4683-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (235 p.)

Collana

Inspector Hazlerigg ; ; v.4

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover Page ; Author Page ; Michael Gilbert all Published by House of Stratus ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Introduction: Michael Gilbert, Entertainer; Cast of Characters; Chapter One: Monday Evening; Chapter Two: Tuesday; Chapter Three: Wednesday Morning; Chapter Four: Wednesday Evening; Chapter Five: Thursday; Chapter Six: Friday; Chapter Seven: Saturday and Sunday; Chapter Eight: Monday; Chapter Nine: Tuesday; Chapter Ten: Wednesday; Chapter Eleven: Thursday A.M.; Chapter Twelve: Thursday P.M.; Chapter Thirteen: Friday; Chapter Fourteen: Saturday; Chapter Fifteen: Saturday Night

Chapter Sixteen: LaterMichael Gilbert; Close Quarters; The Doors Open; The Dust and the Heat; The Etruscan Net; Flash Point; The Night of the Twelfth

Sommario/riassunto

Horniman, Birley and Craine are a highly respected legal firm with clients reaching to the highest in the land. They use a system of keeping important documents in deed-boxes and when one of them is found to contain the remains of a certain Mr. Smallbone, the threat of scandal reaches their innermost psyche.