Louisa Bayerlein is a research fellow at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munchen and a doctoral researcher at the European University Institute in Florence. Working on the intersection of organizational theory, public administration, and comparative policy analysis, her research focus lies on comparing bureaucracies, their agency, and their ways of influencing policy-making processes. Christoph Knill is Chair of Political Science and Public Administration at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munchen. Yves Steinebach is an assistant professor at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munchen. His main research interests are analyses of the effectiveness of public policies and governing institutions. In 2018, Steinebach won the best paper awards of the internationally renowned peer-reviewed journals Journal of European Public Policy'(JEPP) and Policy Sciences.

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• 1. Introduction – Of Illusory Giants and Dwarfs: Do International Public Administrations Matter for Policy Making Beyond the Nation-State?; 2. Conceptualizing and Explaining Bureaucratic Influence: Administrative Styles; 3. Observing and Explaining Administrative Styles: From Concept to Empirical Analysis; 4. The IMF and the UNHCR: Entrepreneurial Administrations with Different Levels of Formal Autonomy; 5. The IOM and the FAO as Consolidators: Struggles of the Challenger and the Challenged; 6. Advocacy at UNEP and the WHO: How Expertise and Common Beliefs Shape an Administrative Style; 7. NATO and the ILO As Servants: The Dedicated Steward and the Saturated Dinosaur; 8. Conclusion – Real Dwarfs, Illusory Dwarfs, or Even Giants? International Public Administrations as Actors in Global Governance

Louisa Bayerlein is a research fellow at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munchen and a doctoral researcher at the European University Institute in Florence. Working on the intersection of organizational theory, public administration, and comparative policy analysis, her research focus lies on comparing bureaucracies, their agency, and their ways of influencing policy-making processes. Christoph Knill is Chair of Political Science and Public Administration at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munchen. Yves Steinebach is an assistant professor at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munchen. His main research interests are analyses of the effectiveness of public policies and governing institutions. In 2018, Steinebach won the best paper awards of the internationally renowned peer-reviewed journals Journal of European Public Policy'(JEPP) and Policy Sciences.

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• 1. Introduction – Of Illusory Giants and Dwarfs: Do International Public Administrations Matter for Policy Making Beyond the Nation-State?; 2. Conceptualizing and Explaining Bureaucratic Influence: Administrative Styles; 3. Observing and Explaining Administrative Styles: From Concept to Empirical Analysis; 4. The IMF and the UNHCR: Entrepreneurial Administrations with Different Levels of Formal Autonomy; 5. The IOM and the FAO as Consolidators: Struggles of the Challenger and the Challenged; 6. Advocacy at UNEP and the WHO: How Expertise and Common Beliefs Shape an Administrative Style; 7. NATO and the ILO As Servants: The Dedicated Steward and the Saturated Dinosaur; 8. Conclusion – Real Dwarfs, Illusory Dwarfs, or Even Giants? International Public Administrations as Actors in Global Governance

Louisa Bayerlein is a research fellow at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munchen and a doctoral researcher at the European University Institute in Florence. Working on the intersection of organizational theory, public administration, and comparative policy analysis, her research focus lies on comparing bureaucracies, their agency, and their ways of influencing policy-making processes. Christoph Knill is Chair of Political Science and Public Administration at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munchen. Yves Steinebach is an assistant professor at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munchen. His main research interests are analyses of the effectiveness of public policies and governing institutions. In 2018, Steinebach won the best paper awards of the internationally renowned peer-reviewed journals Journal of European Public Policy'(JEPP) and Policy Sciences.

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• 1. Introduction – Of Illusory Giants and Dwarfs: Do International Public Administrations Matter for Policy Making Beyond the Nation-State?; 2. Conceptualizing and Explaining Bureaucratic Influence: Administrative Styles; 3. Observing and Explaining Administrative Styles: From Concept to Empirical Analysis; 4. The IMF and the UNHCR: Entrepreneurial Administrations with Different Levels of Formal Autonomy; 5. The IOM and the FAO as Consolidators: Struggles of the Challenger and the Challenged; 6. Advocacy at UNEP and the WHO: How Expertise and Common Beliefs Shape an Administrative Style; 7. NATO and the ILO As Servants: The Dedicated Steward and the Saturated Dinosaur; 8. Conclusion – Real Dwarfs, Illusory Dwarfs, or Even Giants? International Public Administrations as Actors in Global Governance