International organizations as collective agents
Fragmentation and the limits of principal control at the World Health Organization
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 6060755 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Erin R Graham (Drexel University, autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 2014 |
| Volumen | 20 |
| Número | 2 |
| Páginas | 366-390 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2014-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | European Journal of International Relations (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 1354-0661 • E-ISSN: 1460-3713 |
| Editorial | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1354066113476116 |
| OpenAlex | W2159783841 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 48 |
| Referencias citadas | 47 |
What factors influence the faithfulness of international organizations (IOs) to mandates assigned to them by member states? Although recent literature treats international organization agents as autonomous actors in global politics, most work continues to treat the bureaucracy of an international organization as a unitary actor. I argue that the unitary actor assumption limits our ability to assess how internal factors such as fragmentation influence agent faithfulness. When we conceive of international organization bureaucracies as collective agents — those including more than one bureaucratic actor and subject to internal fragmentation — international organization faithfulness can be more fully explained. Specifically, fragmentation limits faithfulness by inhibiting the effectiveness of principals’ control mechanisms (i.e. oversight and agent screening and sanctioning). These arguments are illustrated using a case study of the World Health Organization and its efforts to improve health systems between 1982 and 2008
Bureaucracy · Collective action · Collective security · International relations · Law and economics · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sociology · Unitary state · Computer Science · Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology · Global Security and Public Health · International Development and Aid · Law
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| Obras citantes distintas | 48 |
|---|---|
| Citas por año | 4 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2014 - 2026 (13) |
| Velocidad de citación | current |
| Altamente citado | No |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 45 |