Sixteen European academics, and banking and government professionals contribute 13 chapters to a comparative study of administrative reform in international executive institutions. Coverage
includes management reforms in supranational organizations, focusing on analyses of management reform on the European Commission from various perspectives; investigations of management reforms
in intergovernmental organizations, such as the United Nations, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the World Bank, the Nordic Councils, and the Council of the Baltic Sea
States; and issues of general theoretical interest--administrative reforms as a means of improving the legitimacy of international organizations, and the role of international organization
leadership in the success or failure of management reforms. Distributed in the U.S. by ISBS. Annotation 穢2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
