| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 406 pages) : illustrations. |
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text file |
| Series |
Political economy of institutions and decisions
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Political economy of institutions and decisions.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Delegation under anarchy: states, international organizations, and principal agent theory / Darren Hawkins, David A. Lake, Daniel Nielson, and Michael J. Tierney -- Variation in principal preferences, structure, decision rules, and private benefits -- Who delegates? : alternative models of principals in development aid / Mona Lyne, Daniel Nielson, and Michael J. Tierney -- US domestic politics and International Monetary Fund policy / J. Lawrence Broz and Michael Brewster Hawes -- Why multilateralism? : foreign aid and domestic principal-agent problems / Helen V. Milner -- Distribution, information, and delegation to international organizations : the case of IMF conditionality / Lisa L. Martin -- Delegation and discretion in the European Union / Mark A. Pollack -- Variation in agent preferences, legitimacy, tasks, and permeability -- How agents matter / Darren G. Hawkins and Wade Jacoby -- Screening power : international organizations as informative agents / Alexander Thompson -- Dutiful agents, rogue actors, or both? : staffing, voting rules, and slack in the WHO and WTO / Andrew P. Cortell and Susan Peterson -- Delegating IMF conditionality : understanding variations in control and conformity / Erica R. Gould -- Delegation to international courts and the limits of re-contracting political power / Karen J. Alter -- Directions for future research -- Logic of delegation to international organizations / David A. Lake and Mathew D. McCubbins. |
| Summary |
Why do governments increasingly delegate sovereign authority to international organizations and what are the consequences of such choices? This volume employs a broad range of empirical techniques to answer these questions and argues that the issues involved in controlling international bureaucracies are very similar to those faced in domestic politics. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
International organization.
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International organization. |
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International agencies.
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International agencies. |
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International relations.
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International relations. |
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Delegation of authority.
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Delegation of authority. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Hawkins, Darren G., 1966- editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print versrion: Delegation and agency in international organizations. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006 0521862094 (DLC) 2006023322 (OCoLC)70668756 |
| ISBN |
0511250118 (electronic book) |
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9780511250118 (electronic book) |
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9780511261039 (electronic book) |
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0511261039 (electronic book) |
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9780511250620 (electronic book) |
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0511250622 (electronic book) |
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9780511249051 (electronic book) |
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0511249055 (electronic book) |
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9786610702701 |
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6610702705 |
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0511249608 |
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9780511249600 |
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9780521862097 (hardback) |
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0521862094 (hardback) |
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9780521680462 (paperback) |
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0521680468 (paperback) |
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0511259816 |
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9780511259814 |
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0521680468 (Paper) |
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0521862094 (Cloth) |
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