ABSTRACT
This volume assesses the importance of international organisations in global governance during the last ten years. The prestigious team of international contributors seek 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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|8 pages
Autonomous policy making by international organizations
Purpose, outline and results
part |2 pages
Part I Theoretical perspectives
chapter 3|14 pages
The decision-making approach to international organizations
Cox and Jacobson’s anatomic lesson revisited
chapter 4|19 pages
Organization theory and the autonomy of the International Labour Organization
Two classic studies still going strong
chapter 5|16 pages
Two-level interaction as source of influence
The European Union and equal treatment policies
chapter 6|12 pages
A rational choice analysis of international organizations
How UNEP helped to bring about the Mediterranean Action Plan
part |2 pages
Part II Security and human rights
chapter 8|14 pages
The margin beyond intergovernmentalism
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
chapter 10|8 pages
An early window of opportunity
The intervention by the Council of Europe in the Saar problem, 1952–1954
part |2 pages
Part III Economics
chapter 12|17 pages
Filling the transitional void
The crucial role of International Financial Institutions in assisting Eastern European reforms
chapter 13|20 pages
The increased influence of EU monetary institutions in determining national policies
A transnational monetary elite at work
part |2 pages
Part IV Conclusion
