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Does EU participation in the multilateral system lead to the goal of effective multilateralism? This book examines 8 multilateral organizations, showing how EU policies harm the organizations they mean to help. The multilateral system is too heterogeneous for a one-size-fits-all approach; we must understand multilateralism working in practice.

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The European Union, Multilateralism, and the Heterogeneous Multilateral System Majoritarianism in Multilateral Institutions Consensus in Multilateral Institutions Privilege in Multilateral Institutions Negotiation, Rhetoric, and Legitimacy in Multilateral Institutions Conclusion References

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ROBERT KISSACK is Post Doctoral Fellow, Institut Barcelona d´Estudis Internacionals (IBEI), Spain. He has also been Editor of Millennium: Journal of International Studies and has worked for the International Labour Organization.

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