International Organizations and Military Affairs

Hylke Dijkstra (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

258 Seiten

2016
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-19588-2 (ISBN)

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From the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations to the NATO International Staff and the European External Action Service, international bureaucrats make decisions that affect life and death. In carrying out their functions, these officials not only facilitate the work of the member states, but also pursue their own distinct agendas. This book analyzes how states seek to control secretariats when it comes to military operations by international organizations. It introduces an innovative theoretical framework that identifies different types of control mechanisms.

The book presents six empirical chapters on the UN, NATO, and EU secretariats. It provides new data from a unique dataset and in-depth interviews. It shows that member states employ a wide range of control mechanisms to reduce the potential loss of influence. They frequently forfeit the gains of delegation to avoid becoming dependent on the work of secretariats. Yet while states invest heavily in control, this book also argues that they cannot benefit from the services of secretariats and keep full control over outcomes in international organizations. In their delegation and control decisions, states face trade-offs and have to weigh different cost categories: the costs of policy, administrative capacity, and agency loss.

This book will be of interest to scholars, postgraduates, and officials in international organizations and national governments, dealing with questions of international political economy, security studies, and military affairs.

Hylke Dijkstra is an Assistant Professor with tenure at the Department of Political Science of Maastricht University, The Netherlands. He was previously a Marie Curie fellow at the Department of Politics and International Relations of the University of Oxford, UK, where he was also affiliated to Nuffield College. He has widely published on the EU, NATO, and UN.

Part I: Introduction and Theory 1. Introduction 2. Agency and Control of International Secretariats Part II: The Politics of Institutional Development 3. United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations 4. NATO International Staff 5. European External Action Service Part III: The Politics of Mandate Formulation 6. United Nations Mission in South Sudan 7. NATO Operation Unified Protector in Libya 8. The EU Anti-Piracy Operations off the Coast of Somalia Part IV: Conclusion 9. Conclusion

Erscheinungsdatum	25.02.2016
Reihe/Serie	Global Institutions
Zusatzinfo	12 Tables, black and white; 10 Line drawings, black and white; 3 Halftones, black and white; 13 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	430 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Völkerrecht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
ISBN-10	1-138-19588-X / 113819588X
ISBN-13	978-1-138-19588-2 / 9781138195882
Zustand	Neuware