Although we find considerable literature on international organizations and their
bureaucratic interior, there has been little effort to systematically synthesize empirical …

As a mature paradigm of network analysis, social network analysis (SNA) is suitable for
exploring complicated and interactive relationships in policy research and is of great …

The contribution advances a theoretical conceptualization of the bureaucratic autonomy of
international secretariats and suggests an empirical yardstick for its measurement. The …

Scholars have recently devoted increasing attention to the role and function of international
bureaucracies in global policymaking. Some of them contend that international public …

As the demand and necessity for greater international and transnational co-operation
increase, the bureaucratic bodies of international organizations are receiving ever more …

With the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), inclusive education
has become the main alternative to special schools for the schooling of children with …

International organizations and their secretariats, called international public administrations
(IPAs), have been found to hold considerable authority in world politics. This study …

Intergovernmental deliberations in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) are typically
considered the realm of sovereign nation states. We challenge this position by studying the …

Purpose Technological innovations provide huge opportunities to expand and revolutionize
the scope of products and services offered. This is particularly true for tourism, which is …

The past few years have witnessed a growing interest among scholars and policy-makers in
the interplay of international bureaucracies with civil society organizations, non-profit …