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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