TY  - JOUR
A1  - Busch, Per-Olof
T1  - The autonomy of international bureaucracies as agents of non-hierarchical policy transfers
JF  - Politische Vierteljahresschrift : Zeitschrift der Deutschen Vereinigung für Politische Wissenschaft
N2  - International public administrations are increasingly perceived as autonomous actors prompting states to adopt policies without resorting to coercion or legal obligations. Starting from these observations, I determine abilities and characteristics of international public administrations that contribute to their autonomy as agents of non-hierarchical policy transfers. To this end, I draw on theoretical considerations and empirical results from policy transfer research. I find that the various abilities that contribute to this autonomy of international public administrations are essentially rooted in two structural characteristics: in as many states as possible their staff should (a) be present and (b) analyze the state, development and reform need of national policies on a regular basis.
KW  - international organizations
KW  - international bureaucracies
KW  - autonomy
KW  - policy transfer
Y1  - 2014
SN  - 0032-3470
SN  - 1862-2860
SP  - 105
EP  - +
PB  - Nomos
CY  - Hannover
ER  -