TY - BOOK ID - 80876037 TI - Civil servants and public policy : a comparative study of international secretariats PY - 1980 SN - 0889200882 9780889200883 9780889206984 0889206988 9781554585441 1554585449 9781554585441 1282232843 9781282232846 9786613810588 6613810584 PB - Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Policy sciences. KW - International agencies KW - Secretariats KW - Policy-making KW - Policymaking KW - Public policy management KW - Management KW - Organization KW - Associations, International KW - IGOs (Intergovernmental organizations) KW - Institutions, International KW - Inter-governmental organizations KW - Intergovernmental organizations KW - International administration KW - International associations KW - International governmental organizations KW - International institutions KW - International organizations KW - International unions KW - Organizations, International KW - Specialized agencies of the United Nations KW - International cooperation KW - Interorganizational relations KW - Non-state actors (International relations) KW - International organization KW - Administration. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:80876037 AB - This thoroughgoing study of international secretariats might be entitled "What the International Civil Servant Really Does," as opposed to what he or she should do or is believed to do. The author interviewed international officials, studied the documents of the agencies involved, and reviewed the relevant literature in an intensive investigation of the political role played by international secretariats of United Nations organizations. He suggests that various factors are involved in determining the role of these secretariats—size, types of functions, the degree of control exercised by member governments, the relative technical expertise of these governments and secretariat officials, the personalities of these officials. An original conclusion is reached: civil services, at least at the international level, do not necessarily play a significant policy-making role in their organizations. ER -