Handbook on Governance in International Organizations

Edited by Alistair D. Edgar, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada

‘The Handbook opens up the black box of international organizations and takes them seriously as a subject and an object of governance. It combines state-of-the-art conceptual perspectives with original case studies that illustrate the relevance of a governance perspective on international organizations.’

• Contents:1 Introduction to the Handbook on governance in international organizations 15Alistair D. EdgarPART I WHAT IS IT? APPROACHES TO UNDERSTANDINGGOVERNANCE IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS2 Formal and informal, legal and behavioural approaches 21Alexandra R. Harrington3 Power and intergovernmental organizations 39Kendall W. Stiles4 Administrative models and modes of governance 56Roger A. Coate5 Ideas, experts, and the global economy: feminist contributions to thestudy of governance in international organizations 74Andrea M. CollinsPART II WHO GOVERNS INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND HOW?STATES AND THE GOVERNANCE OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS6 Mexico’s advocacy to consider the human implications of theinternational monetary and financial systems at the Bretton Woods conference 92Cynthia Leal7 Brazil gives up its role in global governance – far right movements andmultilateral organizations: the case of Brazil 107Monica HerzORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE, LEADERSHIP, AND GENDER8 Expert bodies and organizational culture(s) in international organizations 121Nina Reiners9 Executive head leadership of United Nations specialized agencies 137Kent J. Kille10 Where are the women leaders in international organizations and whatdifference do they make? 155Kirsten Haack and Margaret P. KarnsCIVIL SOCIETY AND IO GOVERNANCE11 “Nothing about us without us”: governance at the United Nationsthrough affected persons federations of LGBTIQ+ activists and sex workers 176Robyn Linde12 Opening up to civil society: access, participation, and impact 192Christer Jönsson and Jonas TallbergPART III GOVERNANCE DONE WELL; GOVERNANCE GONE BADDOING GOOD BY DOING WELL? SUCCESS STORIES OF EFFECTIVEGOVERNANCE13 Development, human rights, and the rights-based approach: evolvingglobal governance 214Joel E. Oestreich14 President of the United Nations General Assembly: least-known leader 230Alistair D. EdgarFACING CRISES FROM WITHIN AND OUTSIDE: CAN IOS HOLDTHEMSELVES TO ACCOUNT?15 Holding individuals serving the United Nations to account for wrongdoing 247Ai Kihara-Hunt16 Accountability and the digital transformation of international organizations 264Niamh Kinchin17 Tweeting through the pandemic: self-legitimation and depoliticizationin the WHO Twittersphere 284Matthias HofferberthCALLS FOR A CHANGING OF THE GUARD18 Small state, big table: the relevance of St. Vincent and the Grenadines’election to the United Nations Security Council for small states in themultilateral system 305Kai-Ann D. Skeete19 Staffing global governance: an effective human resources policy fora spectacular United Nations 319Cristián Giménez CortePART IV HAVE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS HAD THEIR DAY?20 International organizations are more than states make of them 341Roberto Dominguez and José Antonio Sanahuja21 A reflection on the future of international organizations: have they hadtheir day or can we make them fit for purpose? 358Lorraine ElliottIndex 374