Once the exclusive preserve of member states, international organizations have become increasingly open in recent decades. Now virtually all international organ

This book explores how international organizations (IOs) have expanded their powers over time without formally amending their founding treaties. IOs intervene i

International organizations have come to play a central role in world politics. The authors present a major new attempt to explain the difference - and the simi

Analyses the effectiveness of international organisations as problem solvers of key issues in global politics.

While most studies focus on states as principals and international bureaucrats as agents, [the author] demonstrates that many international bureaucrats have mas