{"product_id":"democratic-intergovernmental-organizations-normative-pressures-and-decision-making-rules-hardback-9781107089990","title":"Democratic Intergovernmental Organizations?; Normative Pressures and Decision-Making Rules (Hardback) 9781107089990","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDemocratic Intergovernmental Organizations?\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eNormative Pressures and Decision-Making Rules\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis work shows that, over the past two centuries, international organizations have adopted 'more democratic' decision-making rules.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAlexandru Grigorescu (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107089990, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 30 April 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e332 pages, 35 b\/w illus.  5 tables\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.8 x 2.3 cm, 0.622 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Grigorescu's tome is as scientific as political sciences can be. We, the 'practitioners', hope to see him continue to navigate the unchartered waters of democracy, as practiced inside intergovernmental organizations, with the same compass of high precision. I trust he can go deeper and farther under the same auspicious question mark.' Petru Dumitriu, Diplo\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis work posits that, over the past two centuries, democratic norms have spread from domestic politics to intergovernmental organizations (IGOs). Grigorescu explores how norms shaped IGO decision-making rules such as those driving state participation, voting, access to information, and the role of NGOs and transnational parliaments. The study emphasizes the role of 'normative pressures' (the interaction between norm strength and the degree to which the status quo strays from norm prescriptions). Using primary and secondary sources to assess the plausibility of its arguments across two centuries and two dozen IGOs, the study focuses on developments in the League of Nations, the International Labor Organization, the United Nations, the World Bank, the European Union, and the World Trade Organization.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction: 'democratic' intergovernmental organizations\u003cbr\u003e 2. Normative pressures and strategies for defusing them\u003cbr\u003e 3. Fair state participation\u003cbr\u003e 4. Fair voting\u003cbr\u003e 5. Transparency\u003cbr\u003e 6. Participation of nongovernmental actors in intergovernmental organizations\u003cbr\u003e 7. Transnational parliamentary oversight\u003cbr\u003e 8. Conclusions: summarizing and interpreting the main trends.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: International institutions [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on International institutions\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22International%20institutions%20%5BJPSN%5D%22\"\u003eJPSN\u003c\/a\u003e], International relations [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on International relations\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22International%20relations%20%5BJPS%5D%22\"\u003eJPS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265598509336,"sku":"9781107089990","price":70.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107089990i.jpg?v=1696792120","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/democratic-intergovernmental-organizations-normative-pressures-and-decision-making-rules-hardback-9781107089990","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}