TY - BOOK AU - Mathiason,John TI - Invisible governance: international secretariats in global politics SN - 9781565492202 (pbk. : alk. paper) AV - JZ 4850 M36.2007 PY - 2007/// CY - Bloomfield PB - Kumarian KW - International agencies KW - Organismos internacionales KW - International officials and employees KW - Funcionarios y empleados internacionales KW - Secretariats KW - Secretarias KW - International relations KW - Relaciones internacionales N1 - Why are secretariats invisible? -- Evolution of the international public service (1919-2006) -- What do secretariats do? does leadership matter? -- Regime creation : human rights, the Internet, the environment, the seas, and drugs and thugs -- How information is mobilized -- Norm enforcement : human rights, weapons of mass destruction, war crimes, and trade disputes -- Providing services for peace and security -- Providing humanitarian relief : from Palestine to Darfur -- Managing the international economy and social relations -- How the international public sector manages itself -- The accountability problem : Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? -- International secretariats in future world politics ER -