Barnett, Michael N. <br/><br/>
Politics, power and pathologies of international organizations 

 -  1999 
<br/><br/> Develops a constructivist approach rooted in sociological institutionalism to explain both the power of international organizations (IOs) and their propensity for dysfunctional, even pathological behaviour.  Argues that the rational-legal authority that IOs embody gives them power independent of the states that created them and channels that power in particular directions.