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Frontmatter -- Leaders' Testimonials (December 2020) -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 How the Organisation Works -- 3 From the Cold War to the OECD's 50th Anniversary -- 4 Leadership -- 5 Going National -- 6 Going Global -- OECD in Pictures -- 7 Going Green -- 8 From GDP to Well Being, Inclusive Growth, Education -- 9 Innovation and the Digital Economy -- 10 International Taxation -- 11 Systemic Thinking and Smart Data -- 12 From Radiation Health to COVID-19: Health Work at the OECD -- 13 Conclusion

This book provides a unique examination of how a middle power uses international organisations to achieve greater global influence. This detailed study of how a nation state engages with an international organisation will be a great source of insight and information for scholars and advanced students of international relations and public policy. It will also be a valuable resource for policymakers and practitioners working in the field

The book reveals, for the first time, the origins, growth and complex role of the OECD as it celebrates its fiftieth anniversary, showing how it has adapted – for the most part successfully – to the changing needs of its members, both large and small. Peter Carroll and Aynsley Kellow provide a comprehensive account and analysis of the origins, development and, most intriguingly, the recent reforms that characterise the OECD. They argue that this increasingly complex organisation has fulfilled its design to be an adaptive, learning organisation and explore how the OECD has spread its wings beyond its European and North American roots to become an increasingly influential body in global governance. Topical chapters include the OECD's work on health and the environment, relations with international, intergovernmental organisations, the OECD's structure and also the key processes.

The nature of governance in the European Union (EU) and its member states is continuing to evolve as the EU develops. This paper focuses on the challenges to this governance process in the sector of environmental policy, and particularly the role of external organizations and states in providing alternate policy fora. The policy impact of these institutions and organizations leads to more actor participation in a way that EU players may not be able to anticipate or control since the EU is only one of several arenas involved. Both states and non-governmental actors actively seek to shift issues to arenas that provide them advantages. Consequently, developments in other arenas shape and are shaped by EU issues as actors pursue forum shopping. The paper presents two cases, the amendment of the Basel Convention to ban hazardous wastes export and the EU regulation of chemical risk, which demonstrate how external players can shape EU regulation.