Comparative Studies of Public Administration and Public Policy beyond the Nation State

Abstract

International organizations (IOs) and their bureaucracies are more and more recognized as important players in public policy-making and -implementation beyond the nation state. Despite substantial advancement made in the study of IOs and their bureaucracies, there are still some issues that have remained fairly understudied. We largely lack, for instance, scholarly contributions that cover multiple cases and that focus on aspects that go beyond the structural characteristics of IOs such as their delegated authority or mandate. The central objective of this Special Issue is to highlight and address this research gap. To do so, it brings together various scholarly contributions that compare multiple IOs and study aspects of international public administrations and public policy that have not been on the analytical radar so far.