The Opening Up of International Organizations: Transnational Access in Global Governance

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Opening Up of International Organizations: Transnational Access in Global Governance
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Jonas Tallberg
By (author) Thomas Sommerer
By (author) Theresa Squatrito
By (author) Christer Joensson
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:332
Dimensions(mm): Height 227,Width 151
ISBN/Barcode 9781107640795
ClassificationsDewey:327.1
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 32 Tables, black and white; 26 Line drawings, unspecified

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 5 September 2013
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Once the exclusive preserve of member states, international organizations have become increasingly open in recent decades. Now virtually all international organizations at some level involve NGOs, business actors and scientific experts in policy-making. This book offers the first systematic and comprehensive analysis of this development. Combining statistical analysis and in-depth case studies, it maps and explains the openness of international organizations across issue areas, policy functions and world regions from 1950 to 2010. Addressing the question of where, how and why international organizations offer transnational actors access to global policy-making, this book has implications for critical issues in world politics. When do states share authority with private actors? What drives the design of international organizations? How do activists and businesses influence global politics? Is civil society involvement a solution to democratic deficits in global governance?

Author Biography

Jonas Tallberg is Professor of Political Science at Stockholm University. Thomas Sommerer is Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Political Science, Stockholm University. Theresa Squatrito is Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Political Science, Stockholm University. Christer Joensson is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Lund University.

Reviews

'Jonas Tallberg and his co-authors have collected a uniquely refined dataset of transnational access to almost 300 international bodies over time, which forms the backbone for the first systematic explanation of transnational design. This path-breaking study will change our understanding of global governance.' Liesbet Hooghe, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and VU University, Amsterdam 'The Opening Up of International Organizations is the most comprehensive analysis of the rapid rise and role of transnational actors in global governance. Skilfully combining different theoretical and methodological approaches, the authors show how international organizations have opened themselves to private actors in order to better accomplish their tasks. Perhaps the biggest surprise in this important book is the 'paradoxical centrality' of states rather than civil society in this process.' Duncan Snidal, University of Oxford 'The Opening Up of International Organizations is social science at its best. The book is methodologically rigorous, theoretically innovative and of utmost political relevance. Jonas Tallberg and colleagues show convincingly that international organizations open up for nonstate actors since they need their involvement to fulfil their increasingly demanding tasks.' Michael Zurn, Social Science Research Center, Berlin