| Contents |
The role of relevance of international bureaucracies : setting the stage / Frank Biermann and Bernd Siebenhüner -- Understanding international bureaucracies : taking stock / Steffen Bauer ... [et al.] -- Studying the influence of international bureaucracies : a conceptual framework / Frank Biermann ... [et al.] -- The OECD environment directorate : the art of persuasion and its limitations / Per-Olof Busch -- The World Bank : making the business case for the environment / Robert Marschinski and Steffen Behrle -- The Secretariat of the International Maritime Organization : a tanker for tankers / Sabine Campe -- The Secretariat of the United Nations Environment Programme : tangled up in blue / Steffen Bauer -- The Secretariat of the Global Environment Facility : from network to bureaucracy / Lydia Andler -- The Ozone Secretariat : the good shepherd of ozone politics / Steffen Bauer -- The Climate Secretariat : making a living in a straitjacket / Per-Olof Busch -- The Biodiversity Secretariat : lean shark in troubled waters / Bernd Siebenhüner -- The Desertification Secretariat : a castle made of sand / Steffen Bauer -- The influence of international bureaucracies in world politics : findings from the MANUS research program / Frank Biermann and Bernd Siebenhüner. |
| General note | "Institutional Dimensions of Global Environment Change, a Core Research Project of the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP)". |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2008042142 |
| ISBN | 9780262512367 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 026251236X (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780262012744 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 026201274X (hardcover : alk. paper) |
