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International Organizations (IOs) are vital institutions in world politics in which cross-border issues can be discussed and global problems managed.
This path-breaking book shows the efforts that small states have made to participate more fully in IO activities. It draws attention to the challenges created by widened participation in IOs and develops an original model of the dilemmas that both IOs and small states face as the norms of sovereign equality and the right to develop coincide.
Drawing on extensive qualitative data, including more than 80 interviews conducted for this book, the authors find that the strategies which both IOs and small states adopt to balance their respective dilemmas can explain both continuity and change in their interactions with institutions ranging from UN agencies to the World Trade Organization.
About the author
My editor is Jeremy McTeague who I wrote over 80 articles for while I was writing for "Xtreme Magazine" twenty years ago. Xtreme might have been an adult magazine, but so is "Playboy". And like "Playboy" Xtreme was a class act covering a huge variety of subjects. While he was the editor Jeremy wrote a lot of mindboggling satire, until Xtreme's owner put Jeremy in charge of several East Coast franchises where he became responsible for sales, advertising, collections, and magazine content.
Summary
This path-breaking book shows the efforts that small states have made to participate more fully in International Organizations (IOs). It highlights the challenges created by widened participation in IOs and develops a model of the dilemmas that both IOs and small states face as the norms of sovereign equality and the right to develop coincide.
