Decision Making Within International Organisations

Following the end of the Cold War and in the context of globalization, this book examines the extent to which member states dominate decision making in international organisations and whether non-state actors, for example non-governmental organisations and multinational corporations, are influential.

The authors assess the new patterns of decision making to determine whether they are relatively open or closed privileged networks.

The organisations examined include the Council of Europe, the United Nations, the EU, G8, the World Trade Organisation, International Maritime Organisations, the World Health Organisation and the OECD.