Unpacking international organisations - The dynamics of compound bureaucracies
VEGGELAND Frode , MARCUSSEN Martin , TRONDAL Jarle , LARSSON Torbjorn
Product details
- Categories: International Organisations
- Publisher: MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Collection: Manchester University Press - European Policy Studies
- ISBN: 9780719095412
- Publication Date: 31/07/2014
- Binding: Paperback
- Number of pages: 244
Summary
This book, available in paperback for the first time, 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 bureaucracies constitute a distinct and increasingly important feature of public administration studies. However, the role of international bureaucracies has been largely neglected in most social science sub-disciplines. This book takes a first step into a third generation of international organisation (IO) studies.