A Representative Bureuacracy Perspective on Workforce Composition in International Organizations: The Case of the United Nations Secretariat

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serval:BIB_F79E2F2F4D7E
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Titre
A Representative Bureuacracy Perspective on Workforce Composition in International Organizations: The Case of the United Nations Secretariat
Périodique
Public administration
Auteur⸱e⸱s
Badache Fanny
ISSN
1467-9299
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
21/06/2020
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
98
Numéro
2
Pages
392-407
Langue
anglais
Résumé
This article provides a representative bureaucracy perspective on staff composition in international organizations. Contrary to previous studies in international relations, I argue that staff composition is not only driven by power but international organizations are also concerned with bureaucratic representation. Therefore, I examine one potential barrier and one driver to passive representation namely the available local labor pool and political representation. The empirical analysis is based on an original database of human resources statistics in the United Nations Secretariat which allows for a differentiation between staff categories. The resulting regression analyses suggest that headquarters locations, political representation, and diplomacy are the main determinants of member states’ representation, but these determinants vary in strength depending on the staff categories. This article contributes to the study of staff composition in IOs by examining additional determinants and to the recent discussions on representative bureaucracy at the international level.
Mots-clé
international civil service, nationality, united nations, representative bureaucracy, international secretariat
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18/10/2019 11:14
Dernière modification de la notice
02/02/2021 10:12
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