ABSTRACT
Following the end of the Cold War and in the context of globalization, this book examines the extent to which member states dominate decision making in international organizations and whether non-state actors, for example non-governmental organizations and multinational corporations, are influential. The authors assess the new patterns of decision-making to determine whether they are relatively open or closed privileged networks. The organizations examined include the Council of Europe, the United Nations, the EU, G8, the World Trade Organization, International Maritime Organizations, the World Health Organization and the OECD.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
Part I Introduction and overview
part |2 pages
Part II Leadership
chapter 2|14 pages
The European Commission and the EU member states as actors in the WTO negotiating process
part |2 pages
Part III Consensus building
chapter 4|13 pages
Expertise and political competence: consensus making within the World Trade Organization and the World Meteorological Organization YVES SCHEMEIL
chapter 5|17 pages
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development as ideational artist and arbitrator
part |2 pages
Part IV Organizational dynamics
chapter 6|14 pages
Groupthink
chapter 7|14 pages
UNHCR’s decision making on internally displaced persons
part |2 pages
Part V Conflicts of loyalty
chapter 8|15 pages
Are world leaders puppets or puppeteers?
part |2 pages
Part VI Policy windows
chapter 10|14 pages
Sanctions in reaction to human rights violations
chapter 11|14 pages
Framing decisions in the United Nations
part |2 pages
Part VII Learning processes
chapter 12|14 pages
Decision making in the International Maritime Organization
part |2 pages
Part VIII Conclusion