International Bureaucracy
Challenges and Lessons for Public Administration Research

Editors: Michael W. Bauer, Christoph Knill, Steffen Eckhard



Develops genuine public administration approaches to analyse the role of international governmental organisations in global governance

Encourages greater dialogue between scholars studying international institutions and national administrations

Appeals to students and scholars of International Relations, Comparative Government and Public Administration

This book applies established analytical concepts such as influence, authority, administrative styles, autonomy, budgeting and multilevel administration to the study of international bureaucracies and their political environment. It reflects on the commonalities and differences between national and international administrations and carefully constructs the impact of international administrative tools on policy making. The book shows how the study of international bureaucracies can fertilize interdisciplinary discourse, in particular between International Relations, Comparative Government and Public Administration. The book makes a forceful argument for Public Administration to take on the challenge of internationalization.  

Table of contents

Front Matter

A Public Administration Perspective on International Organizations

A Matter of Will and Action: The Bureaucratic Autonomy of International Public Administrations

Administrative Styles of International Organizations: Can We Find Them, Do They Matter?

Orchestrating (Bio-)Diversity: The Secretariat of the Convention of Biological Diversity as an Attention-Seeking Bureaucracy

The Authority of International Public Administrations

Changing Budgeting Administration in International Organizations: Budgetary Pressures, Complex Principals and Administrative Leadership

Multilevel Administration in International and National Contexts

International Public Administration: A New Type of Bureaucracy? Lessons and Challenges for Public Administration Research

Back Matter