"Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- International organizations and implementation: pieces of the puzzle / Jutta Joachim, Bob Reinalda and Bertjan Verbeek -- The institutional resources of international organizations -- Two variations on a theme: different logics of implementation policy in the European Union and the International Labour Organization / Miriam Hartlapp -- Beyond the carrot and the stick: state reporting procedures in the World Trade Organization and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development / Thomas Conzelmann -- International organizations and the implementation of new financial regulations by blacklisting / J.C. Sharman -- Bureaucratic authority and the implementation of international treaties: evidence from two convention secretariats / Steffen Bauer -- International policy implementation through gate keeping: the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) / George Christou and Seamus Simpson -- All bark and no bite: the implementation styles of the European Union and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in education policy / Kerstin Martens and Carolin Balzer -- Domestic-level factors, international organizations and implementation -- Pincers and self-interest: implementing gender equality legislation under domestic and European pressures / Anna van der Vleuten -- "The Achilles" heel of European regulation: national administrative styles and the Commission's neglect of practical implementation / Esther Versluis -- The implementation of the Basel Capital Accord in Hungary and Slovenia: the relative importance of domestic institutions / Dora Piroska -- International financial institutions and Russia's civil service reform: international push or domestic pull? / Pat Gray -- International organizations, party politics and the promotion of minority rights in the Baltic States / David J. Galbreath -- Conclusion -- Enforcers, managers, authorities: international organizations and implementation / Jutta Joachim, Bob Reinalda and Bertjan Verbeek -- Index.