International organizations as collective agents: Fragmentation and the limits of principal control at the World Health Organization

European Journal of International Relations

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 366-390

  Graham, Erin R ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delegation; global governance; intergovernmental organizations; international organization performance; international relations theory; principal agent theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901295961     PISSN: 13540661     EISSN: 14603713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354066113476116     Document Type: Article

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