...portrayed as incompetent, self-interested, or scandal ridden. Scholars have either admired them as facilitators of cooperation or dismissed them as insignificant actors in a world of powerful states. Michael Barnett and Martha Finnemore view international organizations differently: as consequential, potentially malign, and increasingly powerful actors. As a result, they emphasize the dangers of organizational autonomy and expansion and warn against the role of organizational culture in...

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