A Theory of International Organization
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Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019. 224 p.
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TY - BOOK
T1 - A Theory of International Organization
AU - Hooghe, Liesbet
AU - Lenz, Tobias
AU - Marks, Gary
PY - 2019/8/29
Y1 - 2019/8/29
N2 - This book explains the design and development of international organization in the postwar period. It theorizes that the basic set up of an IO responds to two forces: the functional impetus to tackle problems that spill beyond national borders and a desire for self-rule that can dampen cooperation where transnational community is thin. The book reveals both the causal power of functionalist pressures and the extent to which nationalism constrains the willingness of member states to engage in incomplete contracting. The implications of postfunctionalist theory for an IO’s membership, policy portfolio, contractual specificity, and authoritative competences are tested using annual data for seventy-six IOs for 1950–2010.
AB - This book explains the design and development of international organization in the postwar period. It theorizes that the basic set up of an IO responds to two forces: the functional impetus to tackle problems that spill beyond national borders and a desire for self-rule that can dampen cooperation where transnational community is thin. The book reveals both the causal power of functionalist pressures and the extent to which nationalism constrains the willingness of member states to engage in incomplete contracting. The implications of postfunctionalist theory for an IO’s membership, policy portfolio, contractual specificity, and authoritative competences are tested using annual data for seventy-six IOs for 1950–2010.
KW - international organization
KW - IO
KW - delegation
KW - pooling
KW - politicization
KW - multilevel governance
KW - postfunctionalism
KW - Politics
U2 - 10.1093/oso/9780198766988.001.0001
DO - 10.1093/oso/9780198766988.001.0001
M3 - Monographs
SN - 978-0-19-876698-8
BT - A Theory of International Organization
PB - Oxford University Press
CY - Oxford
ER -