Non-Governmental Interests in International Regional Organizations

International Organizations Are Typically Intergovernmental In Nature And Endowed With A Bipolar Institutional Structure Where Organs Of States Are Usually Juxtaposed With The Secretariat. On These Premises, In 'non-governmental Interests In Regional Organizations: The Role Of Parliamentary, Socio-economic And Territorial Institutions' Elisa Tino Aims At Analysing The Unexplored Phenomenon Of Institutional Multipolarism Of Regional Organizations, Namely The Trend To Establish Institutions Representing Non-governmental Interests. Particularly, Illustrating Their Diffusion In Various Geographic Areas, Explaining Rationales Underlying Their Establishment And Investigating Their Institutional Aspects, Elisa Tino Pinpoints The Contribution Of These Institutions To The Development Of Regional Organizations Both According To The Functionalist Approach And The Constitutionalist One. Thus, She Aims At Providing Food For Thought In The Study Of International Organizations. Non-governmental Interests In Regional Organizations -- Institutions Representing Non-governmental Interests In Regional Organizations : Legal Institutional Features And Practice -- The Contribution Of Institutions Representing Non-governmental Interests To Strengthening Interstate Institutionalized Cooperation -- Concluding Remarks : The Contribution Of Institutions Representing Non-governmental Interests To The Study Of International Organizations -- List Of Normative Acts. By Elisa Tino. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 219-237) And Index.