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This book is about how the WTO functions as a public organization. It analyzes and evaluates the WTO from a public administration perspective which is absent from the current debate on WTO reforms dominated by the traditional view that only nation states matter, not international organizations.

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Preface Contents List of Figures and Tables Acronyms The WTO as an International Organization Approaches to the Analysis of International Organizations and the WTO Conceptual Framework, Variables and Method WTO as a Public Formal Organization The WTO in Action Performance Patterns of the WTO Notes Bibliography Index Annex I: Proposals for WTO Reform Which Were Evaluated By Interview Partners Annex II: Survey Questionnaire

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EBERHARD BOHNE holds the Chair for Public Administration, Policy and Law for Environmental Protection and Energy at the German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer, Germany. He was previously head of the General Law Division of the Federal Environment Ministry. He is also Co-Chairman of the Transatlantic Policy Consortium, a network of US and European Universities in the field of public policy and administration.

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