Controlling Institutions: International Organizations and the Global Economy

by Randall W. Stone

Book Overview

How is the United States able to control the IMF with only 17% of the votes? How are the rules of the global economy made? This book shows how a combination of formal and informal rules explain how international organizations really work. Randall W. Stone argues that formal rules apply in ordinary times, while informal power allows leading states to exert control when the stakes are high. International organizations are therefore best understood as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521183065
• ISBN13: 9780521183062
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.7"