Democratic Intergovernmental Organizations? - Normative Pressures and Decision-Making Rules

This work shows that, over the past two centuries, international organizations have adopted 'more democratic' decision-making rules.

List of contents

1. Introduction: 'democratic' intergovernmental organizations; 2. Normative pressures and strategies for defusing them; 3. Fair state participation; 4. Fair voting; 5. Transparency; 6. Participation of nongovernmental actors in intergovernmental organizations; 7. Transnational parliamentary oversight; 8. Conclusions: summarizing and interpreting the main trends.

About the author

Alexandru Grigorescu is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Loyola University, Chicago. His research has been published in numerous journals such as International Studies Quarterly, the Review of International Organizations, the Journal of Conflict Resolution, and Ethics and International Affairs. Prior to his academic career, between 1992 and 1997, he served as a diplomat in the Romanian Foreign Ministry and was posted at the Romanian Mission to the United Nations in New York.

Summary

This work shows that, over the past two centuries, international organizations have adopted 'more democratic' decision-making rules.

Product details

• Authors: Alexandru Grigorescu, Alexandru (Loyola University Grigorescu, Grigorescu Alexandru
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2015
• EAN: 9781107089990
• ISBN: 978-1-107-08999-0
• No. of pages: 332
• Subjects: Education and learning > Adult education/adult education classes; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, International Relations, International institutions