Delegation and agency in international organizations
By: edited by Darren G. Hawkins ... [et al.]
Contributors: Hawkins, Darren G., 1966-
Series: Political economy of institutions and decisions
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 406
ISBN-13: 9780521862097; 9780521680462
Subjects: International organization; International agencies; International relations; Delegation of authority
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 369-393) and index
Table of contents: title: Delegation under anarchy: states, international organizations, and principal agent theory / Darren Hawkins, David A. Lake, Daniel Nielson, and Michael J. Tierney; title: Variation in principal preferences, structure, decision rules, and private benefits; title: Who delegates? : alternative models of principals in development aid / Mona Lyne, Daniel Nielson, and Michael J. Tierney; title: US domestic politics and International Monetary Fund policy / J. Lawrence Broz and Michael Brewster Hawes; title: Why multilateralism? : foreign aid and domestic principal-agent problems / Helen V. Milner; title: Distribution, information, and delegation to international organizations : the case of IMF conditionality / Lisa L. Martin; title: Delegation and discretion in the European Union / Mark A. Pollack; title: Variation in agent preferences, legitimacy, tasks, and permeability; title: How agents matter / Darren G. Hawkins and Wade Jacoby; title: Screening power : international organizations as informative agents / Alexander Thompson; title: Dutiful agents, rogue actors, or both? : staffing, voting rules, and slack in the WHO and WTO / Andrew P. Cortell and Susan Peterson; title: Delegating IMF conditionality : understanding variations in control and conformity / Erica R. Gould; title: Delegation to international courts and the limits of re-contracting political power / Karen J. Alter; title: Directions for future research; title: The logic of delegation to international organizations / David A. Lake and Mathew D. McCubbins