introduction

Question 1

public debates about io’s (4)

Answer 1

secular god’s
frankestein monsters
tools of imperial internationalism
clubs for people to have a good time

Question 2

what does frankestein monster mean?

Answer 2

stitched togetjer with different body types, and takes a life of its own and does horrible things

Question 3

characteristics of IOs (3)

Answer 3

1. created by formal intergovernmental agreement
2. at least 3 member states
3. formal treaty base, bureaucracy, and headquarters

Question 4

categorization of IOs (4)

Answer 4

1. membership
2. competence
3. function
4. decision-making authority

Question 5

categorization- membership

Answer 5

universal: every state can become a mamber
limited: only the same states can become a member

Question 6

categorization- competence

Answer 6

comprehensive/general: deals with many issues -UN

limited/ issue specific: focus on a specific issue/theme - WTO

Question 7

categorization- function

Answer 7

rule-making: makes policies and sets rules

operational: executes policy like IEAE

Question 8

categorization- decision making (intergovernmental)

Answer 8

I. intergovernmental: decisions are taken by member states

• horizontal authority: they decide together, and it affects them
• pooled sovereignty: each state voluntarily takes its authority in an area and pools it to make decisions with other states

Question 9

categorization- decision making (supranational)

Answer 9

II. supranational: decisions taken by an organizational body affects states

• vertical authority: supranational bodies are above the states
• delagated sovereignty: they handed over the right to make decisions to a higher authority

Question 10

is EU vertical or horizontal?

Answer 10

EU is hybrid

• Council of EU is horizontal
• ECJ is vertical

Question 11

forces of IOs (3)

Answer 11

obligation, compliance, enforcement

Question 12

forces- obligation

Answer 12

• direct: explicitly set in the founding treaty (known in advance)
  indirect: arise in the course of the operation- open-ended

Question 13

forces- compliance

Answer 13

• explicit: states explicitly decide to join the igo and consent to bound- that’s why they comply
• implicit: through belonging to an IO, the state’s preferences change

Question 14

forces- enforcement

Answer 14

• direct: the ability to punish rule violators (unsc, wto, imf, eu)
• indirect: the ability to persuade/shame rule violators

Question 15

roles of IOs (3)

Answer 15

actor, forum, instrument

Question 16

roles- actor

Answer 16

legally- igo’s are independet entities with a legal personality
politically- independent actorness through social recognition- they can sometimes contradict the preferences of states

Question 17

roles- forum

Answer 17

place where states meet, exchange of interests/information, states are relevant actors- they just MEET in the UN

Question 18

roles- instruments

Answer 18

they are instruments in the hands of the member states- esp great powers