The European Commission of the Danube, 1856-1948 : : an experiment in international administration / / by Constantin Ardeleanu.

In The European Commission of the Danube, 1856-1948 Constantin Ardeleanu offers a history of the world’s second international organisation, an innovative techno-political institution established by Europe’s Concert of Powers to remove insecurity from the Lower Danube. Delegates of rival empires work...

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Superior document:Balkan Studies Library ; Volume 27
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2020]
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Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
Series:Balkan studies library ; Volume 27.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
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Summary:In The European Commission of the Danube, 1856-1948 Constantin Ardeleanu offers a history of the world’s second international organisation, an innovative techno-political institution established by Europe’s Concert of Powers to remove insecurity from the Lower Danube. Delegates of rival empires worked together to ‘correct’ a vital European transportation infrastructure, and to complete difficult hydraulic works they gradually transformed the Commission into an actor of regional and international politics. As an autonomous and independent organ, it employed a complex transnational bureaucracy and regulated shipping along the Danube through a comprehensive set of internationally accepted rules and procedures. The Commission is portrayed as an effective experimental organisation, taken as a model for further cooperation in the international system.
ISBN:9004425969
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: by Constantin Ardeleanu.