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Research Handbook on the Law of International Organizations 
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ISBN: 9781847201355 1847201350 Year: 2011 Publisher: Cheltenham, UK : Elgar,

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This book, with contributions from renowned experts, provides an overview of the general doctrines making up the law of international organizations. The approach is taken from a novel perspective : that of the tension between functionalism and constitutionalism. In doing so, the handbook presents not only practically relevant information, but also provides a tool for understanding the ways in which international organizations work. It has separate chapters on specific 'constitutional' topics and on two specific organizations : the EU and the UN.


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International organizations and the idea of autonomy : institutional independence in the international legal order.
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ISBN: 9780415550888 9780203828090 9781136806018 9781136806056 9781136806063 9780415859608 0415859603 0415550882 Year: 2011 Publisher: Abingdon Routledge


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Governing the poor : exercises of poverty reduction, practices of global aid
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ISBN: 9780773538054 9780773537972 9780773586536 9780773586611 0773586539 077353797X 0773538054 077358661X Year: 2011 Publisher: Montreal ; Ithaca [N.Y.] : McGill-Queen's University Press,

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"Every day we are barraged by statistics, images, and emotional messages that present poverty as a problem to be quantified, managed, and solved. Global generalizations present the poor as a heterogeneous group and stress globalized solutions. Governing the Poor exposes the ways in which such generalized descriptions and quantifications marginalize the poor and their experiences. Drawing on field research in Namibia and the Solomon Islands and case studies of international organizations such as USAID and Oxfam, Suzan Ilcan and Anita Lacey argue that aid programs have forged new understandings of poverty that are more about governing the poor through neo-liberal reforms than providing just solutions to poverty. The concepts of privation, empowerment, and partnership used in these programs are tools that treat the poor as a governed entity within a system of actors-governments, international organizations, and private businesses-that make up the global-aid regime. An illuminating work of critiques and solutions for the current global-aid regime, Governing the Poor shows the consequences of championing market-based solutions to poverty while neglecting to provide social infrastructure."--Book Jacket.


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International institutional law : unity within diversity.
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ISBN: 9789004187986 9789004187962 9004187987 9004187960 9786613827050 9004187979 1283514605 9789004187979 Year: 2011 Publisher: Leiden Nijhoff

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In recent years there has been a resurgence of interest in the law of public international organizations. This fifth, revised edition of International Institutional Law covers the most recent developments in the field. Although public international organizations such as the United Nations, the World Trade Organization, the World Health Organization, ASEAN, the European Union and other organizations have broadly divergent objectives, powers, fields of activity and numbers of member states, they also share a wide variety of institutional problems. Rather than being a handbook for specific organizations, the book offers a comparative analysis of the institutional law of international organizations. It includes comparative chapters on the rules and practices concerning membership, institutional structure, decision-making, financing, legal order, supervision and sanctions, legal status and external relations. The book’s theoretical framework and extensive use of case-studies is designed to appeal to both academics and practitioners. See International Institutional paperback Edition


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Controlling institutions : international organizations and the global economy
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ISBN: 1139887319 1139070614 1283112744 1139076337 9786613112743 1139083163 1139078623 0511793944 113908089X 9781139078627 9781139083164 9781139080897 9781107005402 110700540X 9780521183062 0521183065 9780511793943 9781139887311 9781139070614 9781283112741 9781139076333 6613112747 Year: 2011 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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How is the United States able to control the IMF with only 17 per cent of the votes? How are the rules of the global economy made? This book shows how a combination of formal and informal rules explains how international organizations really work. Randall W. Stone argues that formal rules apply in ordinary times, while informal power allows leading states to exert control when the stakes are high. International organizations are therefore best understood as equilibrium outcomes that balance the power and interests of the leading state and the member countries. Presenting a new model of institutional design and comparing the IMF, WTO, and EU, Stone argues that institutional variations reflect the distribution of power and interests. He shows that US interests influence the size, terms, and enforcement of IMF programs, and new data, archival documents, and interviews reveal the shortcomings of IMF programs in Mexico, Russia, Korea, Indonesia, and Argentina.


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The participation of states in international organisations : the role of human rights and democracy
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ISBN: 1107213967 9786612976599 051199298X 0511990979 0511991975 0511989180 1282976591 0511987404 0511921446 9780511992988 9780511921445 9780521192002 0521192005 9781107690240 1107690242 0511994176 Year: 2011 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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The admission of a state to membership is an important decision for an international organisation. In making this determination, organisations are increasingly promoting the observance of human rights and democratic governance as relevant principles. They have also applied the same criteria in resolving the question of whether existing members should be excluded from an organisation's processes. Through a systematic examination of the records, proceedings and practice of international organisations, in this book Alison Duxbury examines the role and legitimacy of human rights and democracy as membership criteria. A diverse range of examples is discussed, including the membership policies and practice of the League of Nations and the United Nations; the admission of the Central and Eastern European states to the European Union; developments in regional organisations in Africa, Asia and the Americas; and the exclusion of members from the UN specialised agencies.


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The Ashgate research companion to non-state actors.
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ISBN: 9780754679066 9780754697947 9781315613369 9781317042235 9781317042242 Year: 2011 Publisher: Farnham Ashgate

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International relations. Foreign policy --- Political sociology --- internationale betrekkingen --- Non-governmental organizations. --- International agencies. --- International business enterprises. --- #SBIB:327.7H06 --- #SBIB:327.7H07 --- Business enterprises, International --- Corporations, International --- Global corporations --- International corporations --- MNEs (International business enterprises) --- Multinational corporations --- Multinational enterprises --- Transnational corporations --- Business enterprises --- Corporations --- Joint ventures --- Associations, International --- IGOs (Intergovernmental organizations) --- Institutions, International --- Intergovernmental organizations --- International administration --- International associations --- International governmental organizations --- International institutions --- International organizations --- International unions --- Organizations, International --- Specialized agencies of the United Nations --- International cooperation --- Interorganizational relations --- Non-state actors (International relations) --- International organization --- INGOs (International agencies) --- International non-governmental organizations --- NGOs (International agencies) --- Nongovernmental organizations --- Organizations, Non-governmental (International agencies) --- Private and voluntary organizations (International agencies) --- PVOs (International agencies) --- International agencies --- Nonprofit organizations --- Internationale organisatietheorieën --- Universele organisatie: algemeen --- International business enterprises --- Non-governmental organizations --- Inter-governmental organizations


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The OECD : a study of organisational adaptation.
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ISBN: 1845429540 9781845429546 Year: 2011 Publisher: Cheltenham Elgar

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Organizational change --- International agencies --- International economic relations --- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development --- #SBIB:327.7H31 --- AA / International- internationaal --- 334.13 --- 337.1 --- Change, Organizational --- Organization development --- Organizational development --- Organizational innovation --- Management --- Organization --- Manpower planning --- Andere intergouvernementele organisaties: WTO, ASEAN e.a. --- OESO. --- OECD --- International agencies. --- International economic relations. --- Organizational change. --- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. --- OESO --- OCDE --- Economic policy, Foreign --- Economic relations, Foreign --- Economics, International --- Foreign economic policy --- Foreign economic relations --- Interdependence of nations --- International economic policy --- International economics --- New international economic order --- Economic policy --- International relations --- Economic sanctions --- Associations, International --- IGOs (Intergovernmental organizations) --- Institutions, International --- Intergovernmental organizations --- International administration --- International associations --- International governmental organizations --- International institutions --- International organizations --- International unions --- Organizations, International --- Specialized agencies of the United Nations --- International cooperation --- Interorganizational relations --- Non-state actors (International relations) --- International organization --- Andere intergouvernementele organisaties: WTO, ASEAN e.a --- Inter-governmental organizations

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