Managers of global change : the influence of international environmental bureaucracies / edited by Frank Biermann and Bernd Siebenhüner.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The role of relevance of international bureaucracies : setting the stage / Frank Biermann and Bernd Siebenhüner -- Understanding international bureaucracies : taking stock / Steffen Bauer [and others] -- Studying the influence of international bureaucracies : a conceptual framework / Frank Biermann [and others] -- 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.

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This title is an examination of the role and relevance of international bureaucracies in global environmental governance. After a discussion of theoretical context, reaserch design, and empiral methodology, the book presents nine in-depth case studies of bureaucracies.

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