The working world of international organizations : authority, capacity, legitimacy /
By: Xu, Yi-Chong
Title By: Weller, Patrick Moray
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BookPublisher: Oxford, UK : Oxford University Press, c2018.Description: xii, 258 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0198719493; 9780198719496Subject(s): International agenciesDDC classification: 341.2 XU WO Online resources: Location Map | Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 341.2 XU WO (Browse shelf) | Available | Nov2018 | T0061337 |
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| 341.2 PE IN International organizations/ / | 341.2 RE GI Regionalisation and global governance : | 341.2 WH OG Who governs the globe? / | 341.2 XU WO The working world of international organizations : | 341.22 HO LE The League of Nations and the organisation of peace / | 341.23 HA UN A united world ? : | 341.23 OX FO The Oxford handbook on the United Nations / |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-255) and index.
Understanding international organizations -- Representatives of member states -- Heads of international organizations: politicians, diplomats, managers -- Secretariats and staff -- Agenda setting -- Funding international organizations -- Location -- Conclusion: authority, capacity, legitimacy.
The Working World of International Organizations' examines three working groups in the higher echelons of IOs - state representatives, as proxy of states, serving in the Executive Boards or General Councils, chief officers of IOs, and the staff of the permanent secretariat. The book demonstrates that none of them are unified; in each there are contested ideas about strategy and appropriate projects, and analyses their interactions to explain who is able to shape or influence decisions. Six representative IOs are studied to identify the relevant critical determinants that shape the behaviour of players. The volume explores how these players have an impact over three dilemmas that are common to all IOs: priority and agenda setting, financing, and the centralization or decentralization of operations.