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Democratic intergovernmental organizations? : normative pressures and decision-making rules

By Alexandru , Grigorescu

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2015
ISBN
1107089999, 978-1-107-08999-0, 9781316106181, 1316106187, 9781316320266, 131632026X
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
8 MB (8232116 bytes)
Pages
316\332
Time added
2015-12-23 22:00:00
International agencies -- Management.

Description

This work posits that, over the past two centuries, democratic norms have spread from domestic politics to intergovernmental organizations (IGOs). Grigorescu explores how norms shaped IGO decision-making rules such as those driving state participation, voting, access to information, and the role of NGOs and transnational parliaments. The study emphasizes the role of "normative pressures" (the interaction between norm strength and the degree to which the status quo strays from norm prescriptions). Using primary and secondary sources to assess the plausibility of its arguments across two centuries and two dozen IGOs, the study focuses on developments in League of Nations, International Labor Organization, United Nations, World Bank, European Union, and World Trade Organization

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