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The Existence of Courts and Parliaments in Regional Organizations: A Case of Democratic Control?
Jetschke, Anja; Münch, Sören - In: Politische Vierteljahresschrift 61 (2020) 2, pp. 309-333
Why do states design regional organizations with courts and parliaments? Is it indeed the case that states establish them because they expect these organs to exert some kind of democratic control over executives? Undoubtedly, this is an important question given that politicians and political...
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The democratic output legitimacy of international organizations
Steffek, Jens - 2014
In this article I discuss output legitimacy as a category of normative analysis of international organizations (IOs). I first take issue with the widespread view that output legitimacy is just a synonym for organizational effectiveness or efficiency, and unrelated to democracy. Against this...
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Mechanisms, process and the study of international institutions
Checkel, Jeffrey T. - 2014
The past decade has seen a sustained move by students of international institutions and organizations to viewing their subject matter as independent variables affecting state interests and policy. Conceptually, this has put a premium on identifying the mechanisms connecting institutions to...
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Kooperation, Vertrauen, Sicherheit? Potentiale und Grenzen der Wirtschafts-und Umweltdimension der OSZE
Smolnik, Franziska - 2019
Vor dem Hintergrund einer erodierenden europäischen Sicherheitsordnung hat die OSZE und mit ihr die lange … Kooperation bei Themen der "zweiten Dimension" der OSZE sollten mit nüchternem Blick betrachtet werden. Weder bedeutet ein höheres … der Wirtschafts- und Umweltdimension der OSZE besondere Beachtung schenken. Eine Verknüpfung zwischen den OSZE …
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The Political Economy of International Organizations
Dreher, Axel; Lang, Valentin F. - 2016
We review the literature on the political economy of international organizations (IOs). Considering IOs as products of the preferences of various actors rather than monolithic entities we focus on national politicians, international bureaucrats, interest groups, and voters. By looking into the...
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The politics of neutrality: UNESCO's Social Science Department, 1946-1956
Rangil, Teresa Tomas - 2011
This essay analyzes the construction of "neutral" knowledge by the scholars (mostly psychologists, anthropologists and sociologists) who were members of UNESCO's Social Science Department between 1946 and 1956. Making use of recent literature on the politics of knowledge and using archive...
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Move to markets? An empirical analysis of privatization in developing countries
Ghosh Banerjee, Sudeshna; Munger, Michael C. - 2002
We analyze when, and to a lesser extent how, privatization occurred in a group of thirty-five low or middle-income developing countries. The theoretical perspective turns on the concept of net political benefits, which in our model is the primary determinant of privatization policies....
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Membership has its Privileges: On the Effects of Delegating Powers Internationally
Voigt, Stefan - 2005
This paper analyzes whether nation-state governments can increase their credibility by becoming members of international organizations. Credibility is an important asset because it determines the real interest rate and is expected to have an important impact on investment and growth. It is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263282
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Does membership in international organizations increase governments' credibility?: testing the effects of delegating powers
Dreher, Axel; Voigt, Stefan - 2008
This paper analyzes whether nation-state governments can increase their credibility by becoming members of international organizations. Credibility is an important asset because it determines the real interest rate and is expected to have an important impact on investment and growth. It is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264350
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Does membership in international organizations increase governments' credibility? Testing the effects of delegating powers
Dreher, Axel; Voigt, Stefan - 2008
This paper analyzes whether nation-state governments can increase their credibility by becoming members of international organizations. Credibility is an important asset because it determines the real interest rate and is expected to have an important impact on investment and growth. It is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265872