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General editors' preface |
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Preface |
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Chapter 1 Governance structures and processes in integration organizations |
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1.1 Introduction: credible commitments and formalization |
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1.2 Methodological considerations |
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1.3 Objectives: creating commitments to achieving public goods |
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10 | (33) |
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1.3.1 Evolving objectives |
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19 | (6) |
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1.3.2 Overlapping objectives among institutions and organizations |
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25 | (18) |
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1.4 Membership and its forms |
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43 | (26) |
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1.4.1 Flexible membership: accession and withdrawal |
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43 | (18) |
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1.4.2 Differentiated integration within integration schemes |
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61 | (5) |
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1.4.3 Institutional opting-out |
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66 | (3) |
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1.5 The institutional structure of integration organizations |
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69 | (47) |
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1.5.1 Institutional structures and decision-making |
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76 | (14) |
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1.5.2 Delegation to agencies: the role of secretariats |
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90 | (1) |
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1.5.3 Jurisdictional organs: courts and ad hoc dispute settlement mechanisms |
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91 | (5) |
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96 | (20) |
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1.6 The voting rule for decision-making |
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116 | (12) |
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1.7 Secondary norms and their incorporation into national orders (including compliance) |
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128 | (13) |
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1.8 Models of regional integration |
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141 | (11) |
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145 | (2) |
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147 | (2) |
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149 | (2) |
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1.8.4 Political unions: n = 1 |
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151 | (1) |
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152 | (2) |
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Chapter 2 The development of international legal regimes |
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154 | (93) |
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154 | (3) |
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2.2 The context: the rise of international organizations, international regimes and ... States |
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157 | (18) |
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2.2.1 Four types of international organization |
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162 | (10) |
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2.2.2 States as key actors (still) |
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172 | (3) |
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2.3 The differentiation and separation of functions in international legal regimes |
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175 | (26) |
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2.3.1 Towards a hierarchy of norms |
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177 | (11) |
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2.3.2 The strategic role of (quasi-)judicial bodies |
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188 | (6) |
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2.3.3 The development of an international administration |
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194 | (7) |
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2.4 Intra- and inter-IO institutional pluralism |
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201 | (12) |
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2.4.1 The domestic terminals of international legal regimes |
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204 | (5) |
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2.4.2 The international regulation of national administrations |
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209 | (4) |
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2.5 The proceduralization of international legal regimes |
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213 | (5) |
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2.6 The adoption of multiple mechanisms for legitimacy and accountability: a "managerial" perspective |
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218 | (9) |
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2.7 Techniques of governance and models of legal integration beyond the State |
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227 | (11) |
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227 | (4) |
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231 | (4) |
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2.7.3 "Normative supremacy" |
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235 | (3) |
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238 | (9) |
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Study Lead, follow or get out of the way? International secretariats in comparative perspective |
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247 | (218) |
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247 | (7) |
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II The European Free Trade Association (EFTA) Secretariat |
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254 | (29) |
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258 | (4) |
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II.ii Organizational structure |
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262 | (4) |
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II.iii The Secretary General |
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266 | (6) |
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272 | (10) |
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282 | (1) |
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III The Asia--Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Secretariat |
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283 | (25) |
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288 | (5) |
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III.ii Organizational structure |
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293 | (8) |
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III.iii The Executive Director |
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301 | (2) |
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303 | (4) |
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307 | (1) |
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IV The Organization of American States (OAS) General Secretariat |
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308 | (39) |
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310 | (7) |
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IV.ii Organizational structure |
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317 | (10) |
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IV.iii The Secretary General and the Assistant Secretary General |
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327 | (8) |
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335 | (8) |
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343 | (4) |
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V The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission |
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347 | (53) |
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356 | (6) |
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V.ii Organizational structure |
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362 | (8) |
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V.iii The President and Vice President of the Commission |
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370 | (10) |
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380 | (16) |
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396 | (4) |
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VI The Common Market of the South (MERCOSUR) Technical Secretariat |
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400 | (29) |
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409 | (3) |
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VI.ii Organizational structure |
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412 | (6) |
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418 | (3) |
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421 | (7) |
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428 | (1) |
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VII The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Secretariat |
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429 | (17) |
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435 | (4) |
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VII.ii Organizational structure |
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439 | (5) |
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444 | (2) |
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VIII Concluding observations |
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446 | (19) |
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VIII.i To lead or to support? |
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446 | (7) |
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VIII.ii Allowing international secretariats to succeed |
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453 | (9) |
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VIII.iii A structured evolution |
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462 | (3) |
Executive summary |
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465 | (6) |
Index |
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