Informal governance and transnational access in world politics

IF 3.2 2区 社会学 Q1 LAW Regulation & Governance Pub Date : 2024-09-30 DOI:10.1111/rego.12636
Theresa Squatrito, Thomas Sommerer
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The governance turn in political research has led to increased attention to informal institutions. For scholars of international relations this has contributed to recent scholarship that reveals a notable growth in the number of informal intergovernmental organizations (IIGOs). Many aspects of IIGOs remain unknown, including whether they involve transnational actors (TNAs). Yet, whether IIGOs are open to TNAs or not may affect their performance and legitimacy. Given the importance of TNA access to IIGOs, this article explores IIGOs openness to TNAs. We illustrate that IIGOs vary whether they are open or not and that arrangements for TNA access differ. Theoretically, we build on existing literature to posit that the political costs of involvement, TNA resources, and the institutional environment affect whether IIGO are open or closed to TNAs. Empirically, we present new data on TNA access to 94 IIGOs and examine the variation in IIGO openness to explore the validity of our theoretical expectations. We find that no single account can be offered to understand access across IIGOs, and our explanatory factors show variegated effects across different subgroups of the sample. Our findings have implications for debates on the rise of informal global governance and the openness of global governance.
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世界政治中的非正式治理和跨国准入
政治研究中的治理转向使人们越来越关注非正式机构。对于国际关系学者来说,这有助于最近的学术研究,这些研究揭示了非正式政府间组织(IGOs)数量的显著增长。非正式政府间组织的许多方面仍然不为人知,包括它们是否涉及跨国行动者(TNAs)。然而,政府间非政府组织是否向 TNAs 开放,可能会影响其绩效和合法性。鉴于跨国行动者进入政府间组织的重要性,本文探讨了政府间组织对跨国行动者的开放程度。我们说明,政府间组织开放与否各不相同,对技术需要评估准入的安排也各不相同。从理论上讲,我们以现有文献为基础,认为参与的政治成本、技术需要评估资源和制度环境会影响政府间组织对技术需要评估开放与否。在实证研究方面,我们提供了关于技术需要评估进入 94 个政府间组织的新数据,并研究了政府间组织开放程度的变化,以探讨我们理论预期的有效性。我们发现,没有一种单一的解释可以理解国际政府间组织的准入情况,我们的解释因素在样本的不同分组中显示出不同的效果。我们的研究结果对有关非正式全球治理的兴起和全球治理的开放性的讨论具有启示意义。
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