Democratic Intergovernmental Organizations?: Normative Pressures and Decision-Making Rules

Alexandru Grigorescu

ISBN 10: 1107089999 / ISBN 13: 9781107089990

Published by Cambridge University Press 30 A, 2015

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Democratic Intergovernmental Organizations?: Normative Pressures and Decision-Making Rules
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press 30 A
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1107089999
• ISBN 13: 9781107089990
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

This 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 League of Nations, International Labor Organization, United Nations, World Bank, European Union, and World Trade Organization.

About the Author

Alexandru Grigorescu is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Loyola University, Chicago. His research has been published in numerous journals such as International Studies Quarterly, the Review of International Organizations, the Journal of Conflict Resolution, and Ethics and International Affairs. Prior to his academic career, between 1992 and 1997, he served as a diplomat in the Romanian Foreign Ministry and was posted at the Romanian Mission to the United Nations in New York.