Invisible governance
Subtitle: international secretariats in global politics
By: John Mathiason.
Publisher: Kumarian Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Bloomfield, CT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 295
ISBN-13: 9781565492202
Subjects: International agencies; International officials and employees; Secretariats; International relations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-269) and index.
Table of contents: title: Why are secretariats invisible?; title: Evolution of the international public service (1919-2006); title: What do secretariats do? does leadership matter?; title: Regime creation : human rights, the Internet, the environment, the seas, and drugs and thugs; title: How information is mobilized; title: Norm enforcement : human rights, weapons of mass destruction, war crimes, and trade disputes; title: Providing services for peace and security; title: Providing humanitarian relief : from Palestine to Darfur; title: Managing the international economy and social relations; title: How the international public sector manages itself; title: The accountability problem : Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?; title: International secretariats in future world politics.