This volume seeks to determine the ways in which international organizations contribute to the solution of global problems by influencing international decision-making in ways that go beyond the lowest common denominator of national interests.

Notes on contributors

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Preface

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1 Autonomous policy making by international organizations: purpose, outline and results

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BOB REINALDA

BERTJAN VERBEEK

PART I Theoretical perspectives

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2 International organizations: the ugly duckling of international relations theory?

11

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BERTJAN VERBEEK

3 The decision-making approach to international organizations: Cox and Jacobson's anatomic lesson revisited

27

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HADEWYCH HAZELZET

4 Organization theory and the autonomy of the International Labour Organization: two classic studies still going strong

42

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BOB REINALDA

5 Two-level interaction as source of influence: the European Union and equal treatment policies

62

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ANNA M. VAN DER VLEUTEN

6 A rational choice analysis of international organizations: how UNEP helped to bring about the Mediterranean Action Plan

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MICHAEL NICHOLSON

PART II Security and human rights

91

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7 Non-proliferation: reinforcing the IAEA nuclear safeguards regime in the 1990s

93

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KO COLIJN

8 The margin beyond intergovernmentalism: the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe

108

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KURT P. TUDYKA

9 The role of NATO's bureaucracy in shaping and widening the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

120

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INE MEGENS

10 An early window of opportunity: the intervention by the Council of Europe in the Saar problem, 1952-1954

134

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JAN WILLEM BROUWER

11 The effectiveness of the Council of Europe's human rights regime

141

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LAURENCE R. HELFER

ANNE-MARIE SLAUGHTER

PART III Economics

161

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12 Filling the transitional void: the crucial role of International Financial Institutions in assisting Eastern European reforms

163

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ANDREAS NOLKE

GERRIT STRATMANN

13 The increased influence of EU monetary institutions in determining national policies: a transnational monetary elite at work

178

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AMY VERDUN

14 International economic organizations: more policy making, less autonomy

195

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NICHOLAS BAYNE

PART IV Conclusion

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15 Why do international organizations never die?

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SUSAN STRANGE

Index and abbreviations

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