International organizations as self-directed actors : a framework for analysis

✍ Scribed by Joel E Oestreich

Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2012
Tongue: English
Leaves: 300
Series: Global institutions series, 64
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

Introduction -- The UN Secretary-General and self-directed leadership: development of the democracy agenda / Kirsten Haack and Kent Kille -- The roots of UN post-conflict peacebuilding: a case study of autonomous agency / Margaret P. Karns -- The anatomy of autonomy: the case of the World Bank / Susan Park and Catherine Weaver -- The United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees: autonomy and mandate change / Alexander Betts -- Changing actors and actions in the global fight against aids / Christer Jonsson -- Disaggregating delegation: multiplying agents in the international maritime safety regime / Kendall W. Stiles -- Not just states or the secretary-general but also staff: the emergence of UNOPS as a new UN organization / Dennis Dijkzeul -- ASEAN as an informal organization: does it exist and does it have agency? the emergence of the ASEAN secretariat / Bob Reinalda -- New types of organizations and global governance in the twenty-first century: the case of ICANN / James P. Muldoo

✦ Table of Contents

Front Cover
......Page 1
International Organizations as Self-Directed Actors
......Page 12
Copyright Page
......Page 13
Contents......Page 14
List of illustrations......Page 16
List of contributors......Page 17
Foreword......Page 20
List of abbreviations......Page 22
Introduction: Joel E. Oestreich......Page 26
Part I: The United Nations Secretariat......Page 51
1. The UN Secretary-General and self-directed leadership: development of the democracy agenda: Kirsten Haack and Kent J. Kille......Page 52
2. The roots of UN post-conflict peacebuilding: a case study of autonomous agency: Margaret P. Karns......Page 83
Part II: Intergovernmental organizations......Page 112
3. The anatomy of autonomy: the case of the World Bank: Susan Park and Catherine Weaver......Page 113
4. UNHCR, autonomy, and mandate change: Alexander Betts......Page 140
5. Changing actors and actions in the global fight against AIDS: Christer Jönsson......Page 163
6. Disaggregating delegation: multiplying agents in the international maritime safety regime: Kendall W. Stiles......Page 190
7. Not just states or the Secretary-General, but also staff: the emergence of UNOPS as a new UN organization: Dennis Dijkzeul......Page 217
Part III: Expanding the argument......Page 240
8. ASEAN as an informal organization: does it exist and does it have agency? The emergence of the ASEAN secretariat: Bob Reinalda......Page 241
9. New types of organizations and global governance in the twenty-first century: the case of ICANN: James P. Muldoon, Jr......Page 261
10. Conclusion: Joel E. Oestreich......Page 284
Index......Page 290

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