Autonomous policy making by international organizations / / edited by Bob Reinalda and Bertjan Verbeek

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910449682103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1998
• ISBN: 1-134-71047-X; 1-280-02018-0; 0-203-45085-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (273 p.)
• Collana: Routledge/ECPR studies in European political science ; ; 5
• Altri autori (Persone): ReinaldaBob; VerbeekBertjan <1960->
• Disciplina: 060
• Soggetti: International agencies - Decision making; International organization; Electronic books.
• 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 and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; Notes on contributors; Preface; Autonomous policy making by international organizations: purpose, outline and results; Theoretical perspectives; International organizations: the ugly duckling of international relations theory?; The decision-making approach to international organizations: Cox and Jacobson's anatomic lesson revisited; Organization theory and the autonomy of the International Labour Organization: two classic studies still going strong; Two-level interaction as source of influence: the European Union and equal treatment policies; A rational choice analysis of international organizations: how UNEP helped to bring about the Mediterranean Action Plan Security and human rights; Non-proliferation: reinforcing the IAEA nuclear safeguards regime in the 1990's; The margin beyond intergovernmentalism: the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe; The role of NATO's bureaucracy in shaping and widening the North Atlantic Treaty Organization; An early window of opportunity: the intervention by the Council of Europe in the Saar problem, 1952 1954; The effectiveness of the Council of Europe's human rights regime; Economics Filling the transitional void: the crucial role of International Financial Institutions in assisting Eastern European reforms; The increased influence of EU monetary institutions in determining national policies: a transnational monetary elite at work; International economic organizations: more policy making, less autonomy; Conclusion; Why do international organizations never die?; Index and abbreviations
• Sommario/riassunto: The volume seeks to determine the ways in which IO's contribute to the solution of global problems by influencing international decision-making in ways that go beyond the lowest common denominator of national interests.