ABSTRACT
Concerning the former, states could proceed in a unitary forum without recourse to a committee. The foundations of an international organizations (IO) concept build upon the observation that formal IOs represent a particular form of cooperative arrangements in IR. Interested member states create a formal IO to realize one or several cooperation projects. As a baseline for assessing the committee governance effect, to solve a cooperation problem a group of states can resort to power politics without recourse to a committee stage. The committee stage differs substantially from the rule-making stage in as much as committee members concentrate on implementing the given rules in many single cases. The committee is usually confronted with a steady-stream of requests and so exists in a “continuous decisional context”. The IO members’ decision-making calculus within the committee stage under consensus will entail the constant danger of a deadlock. Committee members can coordinate by consulting additional information, which help to converge expectations.
