Deliberation in International Institutions - Analysing Deliberative Dynamics in International Maritime

This book studies the deliberative dynamics in the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the United Nations' specialised agency for regulating international shipping.

List of contents

1. The Theory of Deliberative Democracy and International Institutions: Theory, hypotheses and methods 2. The ideational context of deliberation: common lifeworld in the IMO 3. The institutional context of deliberation: deliberative design of the IMO 4. Democracy in the IMO: Access, Equality, and Inclusion in the meetings 5. The Discourse Quality Index and its amended version 6. Regression analysis results on the determinants of deliberative quality 7. 'Relational' deliberation & deliberative dynamics Conclusion. Annex A: The codebook: Instructions for coding using the amended DQI

About the author

Seebal Aboudounya completed her PhD in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). She is currently an Associate Lecturer (Teaching) in International Public Policy and Environmental Politics at University College London (UCL). Prior to joining UCL's Department of Political Science, School of Public Policy, Dr Seebal Aboudounya worked as a Fellow in the International Relations Department at the LSE.

Product details

• Authors: Seebal Aboudounya
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.10.2025
• EAN: 9781032851938
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3285193-8
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; United Nations, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, Political Economy, Transport industries, International institutions, Political, Socio-Economic & Strategic Groupings, International institutions / intergovernmental organizations