scholarly journals International Institutions in Hard Times: How Complexity Increases Resilience

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 46
Author(s):  
Benjamin Faude
Keyword(s):  
Global Governance ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Political System ◽  
International Institutions ◽  
The Political ◽  
Conceptual Basis ◽  
Institutional Complexity ◽  
Hard Times ◽  
Governance Tools ◽  
Institutional Differentiation

This paper asks how institutional complexity affects the resilience of global governance. By drawing on sociological differentiation theory, it interprets growing levels of institutional complexity as a process of institutional differentiation which allows the “political system of world society” to mirror the increasing complexity of its social environment. More precisely, the paper suggests that growing levels of institutional complexity enhance the resilience of global governance by providing states with a more diverse set of governance tools and by making backup governance tools available. Against this backdrop, it makes two interrelated contributions to the literature on global governance. First, by applying the concept of resilience to global governance, the paper provides the conceptual basis for a novel research agenda on the ability of contemporary global governance to operate under stress. So far, the analytical toolbox of global governance researchers does not contain a concept that enables a theory-driven analysis of international institutions’ ability to facilitate cooperation when confronted with high levels of stress. Second, it offers a sense of how the central structural feature of contemporary global governance—institutional complexity—affects its resilience. With these two interrelated contributions, the paper seeks to start a scholarly conversation on the resilience of contemporary global governance.

Traversing the Mexican Odyssey: Reflections on Political Change and the Study of Mexican Politics

2002 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 159-188
Author(s):  
Mark Eric Williams
Keyword(s):  
Research Agenda ◽  
Political System ◽  
Democratic Transition ◽  
Political Change ◽  
The Political ◽  
Market Reforms ◽  
New Research ◽  
Mexican Politics

This essay explains how the peculiar properties of Mexico's political system helped shape the approach to the study of Mexican politics. It assesses some of the strengths and limitations of the scholarship this produced, examines the political changes that fueled Mexico's democratic transition, and assesses their implications both for Mexico's recent market reforms and the study of Mexican politics in general. It finds that the demise of single-party rule and fundamental changes in patterns of governance have opened new research avenues, and suggests an emerging research agenda in light of these developments. En este ensayo se explica la manera en que las propiedades peculiares del sistema políítico mexicano ayudaron a configurar el acercamiento al estudio de la políítica mexicana. Se valoran algunas de las ventajas y las desventajas en este enfoque, se examinan los cambios polííticos que influyeron en la transicióón democráática mééxicana y se analizan sus implicaciones en las reformas recientes del mercado y estudio de la políítica mexicana en general. El anáálisis concluye que, debido al cese de influencia del antiguo réégimen del partido oficial y a los cambios fundamentales en los modelos de gobierno, se han abierto nuevas ááreas de investigacióón, proponiendo un nuevo programa de investigacióón que tome en cuenta el giro de los nuevos acontecimientos.

Let's Justify! How Regime Complexes Enhance the Normative Legitimacy of Global Governance

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 431-439
Author(s):  
Benjamin Faude ◽  
Felix Groβe-Kreul
Keyword(s):  
Political Philosophy ◽  
Global Governance ◽  
Theoretical Approach ◽  
International Institutions ◽  
The Political ◽  
The Right

Abstract This theory note develops a theoretical approach which integrates the negative spillovers that international institutions often impose on each other into our thinking about their normative legitimacy. Our approach draws on the political philosophy of Rainer Forst which revolves around the right to justification. It suggests that regime complexes facilitate the breakup of institution-specific orders of justification by prompting invested actors to justify negative spillovers vis-à-vis each other. Thus, regime complexes enable more encompassing justifications of negative spillovers than stand-alone international institutions. Against this backdrop, we submit that the proliferation of regime complexes represents normative progress in global governance.

Post Hegemonic Global Governance

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 434-441 ◽  
Author(s):  
PETER M. HAAS
Keyword(s):  
Public Good ◽  
Global Governance ◽  
International Institutions ◽  
The Political ◽  
Causal Beliefs ◽  
Political Factors ◽  
The Usa

What are the prospects for effective global governance? It is widely held that global governance is a public good, but what are the political factors that are likely to ensure its provision? Is the USA able or willing to able to provide it? Can international institutions, norms, or causal beliefs, in the absence of US leadership, fill in?

Globalization and global governance: from societal to political denationalization

2003 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 341-364 ◽  
Author(s):  
MICHAEL ZÜRN
Keyword(s):  
Global Governance ◽  
International Institutions ◽  
The Political ◽  
Nation State ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
Effective Governance ◽  
Nation States ◽  
National Governments ◽  
Spatial Congruence ◽  
National Borders

The declining significance of national borders constitutes a challenge to the capacity of the nation-state to reach unilaterally its governance targets. Effective governance depends upon the spatial congruence of political regulations with socially integrated areas and the absence of significant externalities. As societal interconnectedness across borders increases with globalization, national governments are increasingly confronted with four specific challenges: efficiency pressures, externality and competitiveness problems, and representational deficits. The political responses to these challenges vary significantly. Although globalization is thus neither identical with, nor does it necessarily lead to, the rise of international institutions and governance beyond the nation-state, this article will show to what extent societal denationalization is accompanied by the rise of international institutions and how the myriad of international institutions existing today interact to produce global governance. Globalization also questions a cornerstone of any modern understanding of politics, which considers nation-states as the basis of all politics. As governance beyond the nation-state increases in significance, the separation of political issues into nationally defined territorial units must be conceptualized as a variable rather than a conceptual premise.

Non-Governmental Organizations as Motors of Change

2007 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 513-535 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cornelia Beyer
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Learning ◽  
Global Governance ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
International Institutions ◽  
Political Process ◽  
Policy Formation ◽  
The Political ◽  
Formation Processes ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations

AbstractOn one hand, NGOs are seen as experts because of their proximity to the problems they address. They provide knowledge relevant to the solution of these problems and can bring this into the political process. They are able to increase the efficiency of global governance by participating in the policy-formation processes of international organizations. In this paper I will explain the role and functions of NGOs as described in the debate about their legitimacy and theorize – while applying Ernst Haas's theory of organizational learning – on the mechanisms likely to lead to their increasing integration into international institutions as well as the implications of this integration.

Towards a Concept of Political Robustness

2021 ◽  
pp. 003232172199997
Author(s):  
Eva Sørensen ◽  
Christopher Ansell
Keyword(s):  
Political Institutions ◽  
Liberal Democracy ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Political System ◽  
Political Polarization ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Systems ◽  
Liberal Democracies ◽  
Societal Challenges ◽  
Strong Capacity

How effective are different political institutions, policy-making processes and policies when it comes to mediating, mitigating and managing vertical and horizontal political tensions caused by disruptive societal challenges and political polarization? The present crisis for liberal democracy places this question high on the research agenda. A concept of political robustness is helpful for identifying the properties of political systems with a strong capacity for coping with political instability and conflict. This article defines political robustness, draws the contours of a conceptual framework for analysis of the political robustness of political systems and applies it illustratively to the political robustness of liberal democracies. We propose that the robustness of a political system depends on how much those who voice political demands—which differs greatly over time and between regimes—are involved in aggregating and integrating political demands into binding decisions.

scholarly journals Latin American experience of fighting against the corruption (example of Guatemala)

2019 ◽  
pp. 26-30
Author(s):  
D. V. Morozov
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Political System ◽  
International Institutions ◽  
The State ◽  
International Commission ◽  
The Political ◽  
American Experience ◽  
High Degree

The article is devoted to the Guatemalan case of the fight against corruption. Here, the level of interweaving of the state with criminals has reached a high degree. Even international institutions, such as the International Commission to Combat Impunity inGuatemala, are not able to withstand this process and even more so the changes in the structure of the political system. The dominant elites ofGuatemalaare opposed to any attempt at change. The course of events shows that, according to the author, real changes inGuatemalacan only be carried out through revolutionary actions.

The Soviet Leadership Problem

1981 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 590-613 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard M. Mills
Keyword(s):  
Political Culture ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Political System ◽  
Public Attitudes ◽  
The Political ◽  
Collective Leadership ◽  
Soviet Leadership ◽  
Problematic Relationship ◽  
Administrative Structures ◽  
Relationship Of

In a framework for analyzing more deeply and comprehensively the question of leadership in the Soviet political system, the roles and functions of the top leader within the collective leadership are considered; so is the problematic relationship of the leadership to the party elite and other functional elites in adopting and implementing major policies calculated to modernize (make more efficient) the operation of highly bureaucratized administrative structures. There is a reciprocal impact of these issues upon public attitudes and motivations as both are perceived by the leadership. Incorporated in the framework are a number of basic analytical concepts from a variety of literatures. The conflict between the requisites of modernization and the imperatives of the political culture is discussed, and matters for the research agenda are noted.

Demographic, Social-Psychological, and Political Factors in the Politics of Aging: A Foundation for Research in “Political Gerontology”

1977 ◽  
Vol 71 (3) ◽  
pp. 1011-1025 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neal E. Cutler
Keyword(s):  
Research Agenda ◽  
Political System ◽  
Political Activity ◽  
The Political ◽  
Demographic Analysis ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Old People ◽  
Political Factors ◽  
Political Analysis ◽  
Psychological Analysis

“Political gerontology” is the study of the political aspects of aging and the aged. Although psychology and sociology have research subfields concerning aging, this interest is just beginning to develop systematically within political science. Consequently, this article describes theory and research from several disciplines which together provide a foundation for research in “political gerontology.” Demographic analysis suggests that old people constitute a continuously growing component of the American population. Social-psychological analysis indicates that the aged are likely to engage in substantial political activity. Political analysis suggests that old people are likely to make increasing demands upon the political system. This multidisciplinary knowledge base, combined with the predicted increasing political salience of the aging population, suggests the contours of a research agenda for “political gerontology.”

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