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The Working World of International Organizations

Authority, Capacity, Legitimacy

By: Xu Yi-chong,Patrick Weller

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The Working World of International Organizations

Authority, Capacity, Legitimacy

By: Xu Yi-chong,Patrick Weller

International organizations (IOs) matter. This book uncovers the regular working world of IOs, examining whether, to what extent, and how these 'global governing bodies' can act independently of the will of states. This book explores this issue by asking who or what shapes their decisions; how and when decisions are made; how players interact within an IO; and how the interactions vary across IOs. The Working World of International Organizations examines three working groups in the higher echelons of IOs - state representatives, as proxy of states, serving in the Executive Boards or General Councils, chief officers of IOs, and the staff of the permanent secretariat. The book demonstrates that none of them are unified; in each there are contested ideas about strategy and appropriate projects, and analyses their interactions to explain who is able to shape or influence decisions. Six representative IOs are studied to identify the relevant critical determinants that shape the behaviour of players. The volume explores how these players have an impact over three dilemmas that are common to all IOs: priority and agenda setting, financing, and the centralization or decentralization of operations.

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370

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Oxford University Press

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ISBN 10

0192540440

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9780192540447

The Political Economy of Sovereign Wealth Funds

By: Xu Yi-chong,Gawdat Bahgat

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The Political Economy of Sovereign Wealth Funds

By: Xu Yi-chong,Gawdat Bahgat

This book examines the origin, nature, the portfolio, organizational structure and operation of the seven largest SWFs from the perspective of the holding countries. Uniquely it tackles the issues from the perspectives of those non-OECD countries whose access to funds creates the most concern.

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289

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Springer

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0230290647

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9780230290648

Sinews of Power

The Politics of the State Grid Corporation of China

By: Yi-Chong Xu

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Sinews of Power

The Politics of the State Grid Corporation of China

By: Yi-Chong Xu

Politics of the State Grid Corporation of China -- Electricity -- From the ministry to a corporation -- Overseeing SGCC: the contested regimes of central agencies -- State Grid Corporation of China -- SGCC in action: as a policy entrepreneur -- SGCC in action: as technology innovator -- SGCC in action: internationalisation

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361

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Oxford University Press

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0190279524

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9780190279523

Powering China:Reforming the Electric Power Industry in China

Reforming the Electric Power Industry in China

By: Xu Yi-chong

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Powering China:Reforming the Electric Power Industry in China

Reforming the Electric Power Industry in China

By: Xu Yi-chong

This title was first published in 2002: This study of the Chinese electric power industry examines the ownership and the restructuring of the industry. The reform of the electric power industry is also seen as part of the wider economic development that has been taking place in China, thus providing fresh perspectives on the changes taking place in both the economy and society more generally. Presenting a wealth of extensive research on the subject, the book elucidates the power struggle between political and bureaucratic elite and explains the sensitive and volatile relationship between the central and provincial government against an increasingly complex global background.

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314

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Routledge

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1351731939

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9781351731935

International Organizations and Small States

Participation, Legitimacy and Vulnerability

By: Jack Corbett,Xu Yi-chong,Patrick Weller

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International Organizations and Small States

Participation, Legitimacy and Vulnerability

By: Jack Corbett,Xu Yi-chong,Patrick Weller

International Organizations (IOs) are vital institutions in world politics in which cross-border issues can be discussed and global problems managed. This path-breaking book shows the efforts that small states have made to participate more fully in IO activities. It draws attention to the challenges created by widened participation in IOs and develops an original model of the dilemmas that both IOs and small states face as the norms of sovereign equality and the right to develop coincide. Drawing on extensive qualitative data, including more than 80 interviews conducted for this book, the authors find that the strategies which both IOs and small states adopt to balance their respective dilemmas can explain both continuity and change in their interactions with institutions ranging from UN agencies to the World Trade Organization.

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218

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Policy Press

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152920769X

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9781529207699

The Governance of World Trade

International Civil Servants and the GATT/WTO

By: Yi-Chong Xu,Patrick Moray Weller

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The Governance of World Trade

International Civil Servants and the GATT/WTO

By: Yi-Chong Xu,Patrick Moray Weller

A unique study of the internal operation of the GATT/WTO. It examines the role and influence of the invisible yet indispenable international civils servants working at GATT/WTO.

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326

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Edward Elgar Publishing

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1781957738

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9781781957738

Reconstructing Ancient Korean History

The Formation of Korean-ness in the Shadow of History

By: Stella Xu

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Reconstructing Ancient Korean History

The Formation of Korean-ness in the Shadow of History

By: Stella Xu

This book examines the contested re-readings of “Korea” in early Chinese historical records and their influence on the formation of Korean-ness in later periods. The earliest written records on “Koreans” are found in Chinese documents produced during the Han dynasty, from the third century BCE to the third century CE. Since then, these early Chinese records have been used as primary sources for writing early Korean history in Korea, China, and Japan. This study analyzes the various reinterpretations and utilizations of these early records that became more diverse by the late nineteenth century, when the reconstruction of ancient history became a crucial part of the formation of Korean national consciousness. Korea’s modern historiography was complicated by a thirty-five year colonial experience (1910–1945) under Japan. During this period, Japanese colonial scholars attempted to depict Korean history as stagnant, heteronymous, and replete with factional strife, while Korean nationalist historians strove to construct an indigenous Korean nation in order to mobilize Koreans’ national consciousness and recover political sovereignty. While focused on Korea and Northeast Asia, the links between historiography and political ideology investigated in this study are pertinent to historians in general.

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249

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Lexington Books

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1498521452

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9781498521451

Inside the World Bank

Exploding the Myth of the Monolithic Bank

By: Y. Xu

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Inside the World Bank

Exploding the Myth of the Monolithic Bank

By: Y. Xu

This book argues that the World Bank, far from being a unitary actor, is fundamentally plural, internally fragmented and dispersed, with cascading chains of delegation, authority and controls, and with considerable discretion delegated to the staff.

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Springer

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0230100082

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9780230100084

Book's by Xu Yi-chong

The Working World of International Organizations

The Working World of International Organizations

The Political Economy of Sovereign Wealth Funds

The Political Economy of Sovereign Wealth Funds

Sinews of Power

Sinews of Power

Powering China:Reforming the Electric Power Industry in China

Powering China:Reforming the Electric Power Industry in China

International Organizations and Small States

International Organizations and Small States

The Governance of World Trade

The Governance of World Trade

Reconstructing Ancient Korean History

Reconstructing Ancient Korean History

Inside the World Bank

Inside the World Bank

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