Kevin Parthenay
Biographic Data
| ID | 1140925 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kevin Parthenay |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kevin |
| FAMILY NAME | Parthenay |
| SIGNATURE | PARTHENAY K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Université de Tours |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0884-8279 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Techno-functionalism and the varieties of regional resilience in Latin America: Comparing the Pacific Alliance and Sica
The WHO Pandemic Agreement Negotiation: Introducing a New Database ( The Pandemic Agreement Database )
In May 2025, the Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) adopted a historic pandemic agreement following 3 years of intensive and complex multilateral negotiations. By providing primary data on the negotiation process, the Pandemic Agreement Database supports empirical and scholarly research across multiple dimensions of global health diplomacy. This article introduces the database, presents its principal features, and demonstrates h…
Middle powers and the evolution of the outer space regime: An analysis of Latin American contributions in the UN
This article provides a historical reassessment of the contribution of middle powers to the evolution of the outer space regime. We argue that the traditional focus by scholarship on superpower competition and on the five founding treaties has led to an underappreciation both of the role of smaller powers and of the normative developments within the regime beyond hard law. Our analysis focuses on Latin American middle powers and reveals that they…
From seas to oceans: Assessing the Latin American states’ contribution towards a regime complexification
How have Latin American States contributed to the marine governance regime shift? Recent scholarship has underscored how the regime has been transformed from its classic origins (state-led, treaties, political) to a modern form (soft-law, polycentric, science-based). Through a mixed-method approach combining quantitative analysis of 342 UN resolutions and case studies, this article explores this update from ‘the seas’ to ‘the ocean’ in UN output,…
The Core Latin American Members (CLAM) in BBNJ negotiations: A case of rule-making influence from the South on the ocean regime
The legally binding International Agreement on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biodiversity Beyond Areas of National Jurisdiction (known as the “BBNJ Agreement”) is the result of almost twenty years of a multilateral debates (2004–2023). This treaty-making process has revealed, as with many others, the complex relationships between the Global North and Global South, and between Southern States. For the duration of the last Intergov…
The Central American Northern Triangle States’ (NTS) relationship with Israel and Palestine: Understanding small states’ foreign policy decision-making
In recent years, El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala - which make up the so-called Northern Triangle States (NTS) - have maintained changing relations with Israel and Palestine. Alternating between rapprochement and distancing, it is intriguing that such small states intervene in diplomatic issues that are geographically far from them and costly in diplomatic terms. If NTSs have historically been under the influence of Washington, we take some di…
Why and how do regional organizations intervene without a mandate in democratic crises? The Central American case
How and why do Regional Organizations (ROs) intervene in intra-state political crises without a mandate? We have observed on recent occasions and in different world regions (Africa, Asia, Middle East, and Latin America), that the absence of a mandate does not impede ROs' interventions in the face of democratic crises. This article expands the academic literature based on the increasing international authority exercised by ROs. It aims to compleme…
The Agency of the Global South’s Regional Organizations through the Institutionalization of Staff Recruitment
How is staff recruitment in regional organizations institutionalized? This article focuses on explaining the determinants of staff recruitment institutionalization in regional organizations (ROs). It is important to understand how ROs recruit their regional staff, as ROs have become players with an increasing influence in global governance, and as regional (and international) bureaucracies constantly contribute to the reshaping of power relations…
Covid-19 pandemic and competitive authoritarian regimes: Human rights and democracy in the Philippines and Nicaragua
How do competitive authoritarian regimes in the Global South respond to the COVID-19 pandemic? How do these policy responses facilitate human rights deterioration in societies that are already facing democratic regression during the pre-pandemic period? Examining evidence from the Philippines and Nicaragua during the COVID-19 pandemic, this article demonstrates that competitive authoritarian regimes have reinforced the deterioration of democratic…
Digital diplomacy against international stigmatization: The Bukele case
The article addresses the diversity of digital diplomatic strategies used by governmental actors to fight international stigmatization. Faced with structural limitations, the leaders of small states use it to defend their political project's image or reputation when they come under international criticism for deviating from or transgressing international norms. Borrowing from Erving Goffman, I draw on the idea that social networks can be conceptu…
Exploring the determinants of regional health governance modes in the Global South: A comparative analysis of Central and South America
What explains the variation in how states collectively deal with public health challenges across different regions? We tackle this puzzle by comparing the regional health governance efforts pursued within the Central American Integration System (SICA) and the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR). We show that Central America's health governance has been driven by external actors, whereas South America's was driven by states within the region,…
The Multiple Voices of the United Nations on the Venezuelan and Nicaraguan Crises: A Sociological Approach of International Organizations
Various United Nations organizations and representatives have released declarations about the deterioration of the Venezuelan and Nicaraguan situations since 2017. The United Nations Security Council, the General‐Secretary, and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights have been particularly active on these issues. The positions of the selected institutions and their representatives were diverse, and sometimes contradictory, and the po…
L’autonomie dans les bureaucraties régionales latino-américaines: Le rôle et la place des Secrétaires généraux
Les questions de recherche sur les régionalismes portent principalement sur leur diversité et sur leur nature (postlibérale, post-hégémonique). Pour aller au-delà de ces questionnements, il est nécessaire de travailler sur les organisations régionales qui prolifèrent depuis les années 1990, en Amérique latine comme dans le reste du monde, et occupent une place de plus en plus importante dans la politique internationale. Une approche centrée sur l…
L'impact international de la crise chilienne d'octobre 2019
Ce document a t gnr automatiquement le 25 mars 2020
An Overview and Assessment of Performance of the Central American Presidential Summit
This article evaluates the performance of the Central American Presidential Summit, based on a political sociology approach of regionalism, and the concepts of political authority and rules compliance. The trajectory of the Presidential Summits since 1986, is examined through a theoretical approximation inspired by international relations sociologists and by applying an inductive methodology. The results indicate that almost since its creation, t…
Revisiter le pouvoir normatif européen: Le double visage de l’UE en Amérique centrale
L’Union européenne (UE) est traditionnellement présentée comme un exportateur de normes, faisant la promotion de son modèle d’intégration régionale et le diffusant au-delà de ses frontières. L’Amérique centrale offre un cas emblématique d’une partie du monde avec laquelle l’UE a historiquement développé des relations étroites et une coopération forte. Dans cet article, nous remettons en question l’idée que l’UE a exporté son modèle en Amérique ce…
L'institutionnalisation du régionalisme centraméricain: Les Limites De La Diplomatie Présidentielle
À l’exception de la séquence de genèse du Sica, les sommets présidentiels centraméricains ont reçu peu d’attention de la part des chercheurs, autant sur le plan empirique que théorique. Si ces sommets présidentiels ont été considérés comme cruciaux pour la pacification de l’Amérique centrale dans les années 1980, ont-ils eu un rôle aussi central dans l’institutionnalisation de l’intégration centraméricaine depuis cette période ? Nous élaborons un…
L’Amérique centrale et l’antagonisme Est-Ouest. Une nouvelle lecture du système international
Hauts fonctionnaires et organisations régionales en Amérique centrale: Émergence informelle du supranationalisme
L’objet de cet article est le processus d’institutionnalisation du Système d’Intégration Centraméricain (SICA). Malgré les critiques, l’inefficacité et les échecs de réformes, le SICA s’est transformé en profondeur depuis sa création en 1991. Pour comprendre le changement, nous adoptons une approche sociologique de l’intégration. Ainsi, nous empruntons à la sociologie politique et à la sociologie du changement en organisations internationales afi…
Fostering Regional Democracy Through Civic Organisations: Comparing EU Mechanisms in Europe and Central America
This article compares the effects of the mechanisms of the European Union (EU) on the promotion of regional civic organisations, especially funding opportunities, in two regional settings (Central America and Europe). It is argued that the EU is exporting a specific model of relationships between regional institutions and civic organisations, giving priority to the promotion of regional integration, democracy and social inclusion. This article sh…
The Agency of the Global South’s Regional Organizations through the Institutionalization of Staff Recruitment
How is staff recruitment in regional organizations institutionalized? This article focuses on explaining the determinants of staff recruitment institutionalization in regional organizations (ROs). It is important to understand how ROs recruit their regional staff, as ROs have become players with an increasing influence in global governance, and as regional (and international) bureaucracies constantly contribute to the reshaping of power relations…
Covid-19 pandemic and competitive authoritarian regimes: Human rights and democracy in the Philippines and Nicaragua
How do competitive authoritarian regimes in the Global South respond to the COVID-19 pandemic? How do these policy responses facilitate human rights deterioration in societies that are already facing democratic regression during the pre-pandemic period? Examining evidence from the Philippines and Nicaragua during the COVID-19 pandemic, this article demonstrates that competitive authoritarian regimes have reinforced the deterioration of democratic…
Fostering Regional Democracy Through Civic Organisations: Comparing EU Mechanisms in Europe and Central America
This article compares the effects of the mechanisms of the European Union (EU) on the promotion of regional civic organisations, especially funding opportunities, in two regional settings (Central America and Europe). It is argued that the EU is exporting a specific model of relationships between regional institutions and civic organisations, giving priority to the promotion of regional integration, democracy and social inclusion. This article sh…
Digital diplomacy against international stigmatization: The Bukele case
The article addresses the diversity of digital diplomatic strategies used by governmental actors to fight international stigmatization. Faced with structural limitations, the leaders of small states use it to defend their political project's image or reputation when they come under international criticism for deviating from or transgressing international norms. Borrowing from Erving Goffman, I draw on the idea that social networks can be conceptu…
Exploring the determinants of regional health governance modes in the Global South: A comparative analysis of Central and South America
What explains the variation in how states collectively deal with public health challenges across different regions? We tackle this puzzle by comparing the regional health governance efforts pursued within the Central American Integration System (SICA) and the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR). We show that Central America's health governance has been driven by external actors, whereas South America's was driven by states within the region,…
The Multiple Voices of the United Nations on the Venezuelan and Nicaraguan Crises: A Sociological Approach of International Organizations
Various United Nations organizations and representatives have released declarations about the deterioration of the Venezuelan and Nicaraguan situations since 2017. The United Nations Security Council, the General‐Secretary, and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights have been particularly active on these issues. The positions of the selected institutions and their representatives were diverse, and sometimes contradictory, and the po…
L'institutionnalisation du régionalisme centraméricain: Les Limites De La Diplomatie Présidentielle
À l’exception de la séquence de genèse du Sica, les sommets présidentiels centraméricains ont reçu peu d’attention de la part des chercheurs, autant sur le plan empirique que théorique. Si ces sommets présidentiels ont été considérés comme cruciaux pour la pacification de l’Amérique centrale dans les années 1980, ont-ils eu un rôle aussi central dans l’institutionnalisation de l’intégration centraméricaine depuis cette période ? Nous élaborons un…
Hauts fonctionnaires et organisations régionales en Amérique centrale: Émergence informelle du supranationalisme
L’objet de cet article est le processus d’institutionnalisation du Système d’Intégration Centraméricain (SICA). Malgré les critiques, l’inefficacité et les échecs de réformes, le SICA s’est transformé en profondeur depuis sa création en 1991. Pour comprendre le changement, nous adoptons une approche sociologique de l’intégration. Ainsi, nous empruntons à la sociologie politique et à la sociologie du changement en organisations internationales afi…
Fostering Regional Democracy Through Civic Organisations: Comparing EU Mechanisms in Europe and Central America
This article compares the effects of the mechanisms of the European Union (EU) on the promotion of regional civic organisations, especially funding opportunities, in two regional settings (Central America and Europe). It is argued that the EU is exporting a specific model of relationships between regional institutions and civic organisations, giving priority to the promotion of regional integration, democracy and social inclusion. This article sh…
Hauts fonctionnaires et organisations régionales en Amérique centrale: Émergence informelle du supranationalisme
L’objet de cet article est le processus d’institutionnalisation du Système d’Intégration Centraméricain (SICA). Malgré les critiques, l’inefficacité et les échecs de réformes, le SICA s’est transformé en profondeur depuis sa création en 1991. Pour comprendre le changement, nous adoptons une approche sociologique de l’intégration. Ainsi, nous empruntons à la sociologie politique et à la sociologie du changement en organisations internationales afi…
L’Amérique centrale et l’antagonisme Est-Ouest. Une nouvelle lecture du système international
An Overview and Assessment of Performance of the Central American Presidential Summit
This article evaluates the performance of the Central American Presidential Summit, based on a political sociology approach of regionalism, and the concepts of political authority and rules compliance. The trajectory of the Presidential Summits since 1986, is examined through a theoretical approximation inspired by international relations sociologists and by applying an inductive methodology. The results indicate that almost since its creation, t…
Revisiter le pouvoir normatif européen: Le double visage de l’UE en Amérique centrale
L’Union européenne (UE) est traditionnellement présentée comme un exportateur de normes, faisant la promotion de son modèle d’intégration régionale et le diffusant au-delà de ses frontières. L’Amérique centrale offre un cas emblématique d’une partie du monde avec laquelle l’UE a historiquement développé des relations étroites et une coopération forte. Dans cet article, nous remettons en question l’idée que l’UE a exporté son modèle en Amérique ce…
L'institutionnalisation du régionalisme centraméricain: Les Limites De La Diplomatie Présidentielle
À l’exception de la séquence de genèse du Sica, les sommets présidentiels centraméricains ont reçu peu d’attention de la part des chercheurs, autant sur le plan empirique que théorique. Si ces sommets présidentiels ont été considérés comme cruciaux pour la pacification de l’Amérique centrale dans les années 1980, ont-ils eu un rôle aussi central dans l’institutionnalisation de l’intégration centraméricaine depuis cette période ? Nous élaborons un…
The Multiple Voices of the United Nations on the Venezuelan and Nicaraguan Crises: A Sociological Approach of International Organizations
Various United Nations organizations and representatives have released declarations about the deterioration of the Venezuelan and Nicaraguan situations since 2017. The United Nations Security Council, the General‐Secretary, and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights have been particularly active on these issues. The positions of the selected institutions and their representatives were diverse, and sometimes contradictory, and the po…
L’autonomie dans les bureaucraties régionales latino-américaines: Le rôle et la place des Secrétaires généraux
Les questions de recherche sur les régionalismes portent principalement sur leur diversité et sur leur nature (postlibérale, post-hégémonique). Pour aller au-delà de ces questionnements, il est nécessaire de travailler sur les organisations régionales qui prolifèrent depuis les années 1990, en Amérique latine comme dans le reste du monde, et occupent une place de plus en plus importante dans la politique internationale. Une approche centrée sur l…
L'impact international de la crise chilienne d'octobre 2019
Ce document a t gnr automatiquement le 25 mars 2020
Exploring the determinants of regional health governance modes in the Global South: A comparative analysis of Central and South America
What explains the variation in how states collectively deal with public health challenges across different regions? We tackle this puzzle by comparing the regional health governance efforts pursued within the Central American Integration System (SICA) and the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR). We show that Central America's health governance has been driven by external actors, whereas South America's was driven by states within the region,…
The Agency of the Global South’s Regional Organizations through the Institutionalization of Staff Recruitment
How is staff recruitment in regional organizations institutionalized? This article focuses on explaining the determinants of staff recruitment institutionalization in regional organizations (ROs). It is important to understand how ROs recruit their regional staff, as ROs have become players with an increasing influence in global governance, and as regional (and international) bureaucracies constantly contribute to the reshaping of power relations…
Covid-19 pandemic and competitive authoritarian regimes: Human rights and democracy in the Philippines and Nicaragua
How do competitive authoritarian regimes in the Global South respond to the COVID-19 pandemic? How do these policy responses facilitate human rights deterioration in societies that are already facing democratic regression during the pre-pandemic period? Examining evidence from the Philippines and Nicaragua during the COVID-19 pandemic, this article demonstrates that competitive authoritarian regimes have reinforced the deterioration of democratic…
Digital diplomacy against international stigmatization: The Bukele case
The article addresses the diversity of digital diplomatic strategies used by governmental actors to fight international stigmatization. Faced with structural limitations, the leaders of small states use it to defend their political project's image or reputation when they come under international criticism for deviating from or transgressing international norms. Borrowing from Erving Goffman, I draw on the idea that social networks can be conceptu…
The Core Latin American Members (CLAM) in BBNJ negotiations: A case of rule-making influence from the South on the ocean regime
The legally binding International Agreement on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biodiversity Beyond Areas of National Jurisdiction (known as the “BBNJ Agreement”) is the result of almost twenty years of a multilateral debates (2004–2023). This treaty-making process has revealed, as with many others, the complex relationships between the Global North and Global South, and between Southern States. For the duration of the last Intergov…
The Central American Northern Triangle States’ (NTS) relationship with Israel and Palestine: Understanding small states’ foreign policy decision-making
In recent years, El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala - which make up the so-called Northern Triangle States (NTS) - have maintained changing relations with Israel and Palestine. Alternating between rapprochement and distancing, it is intriguing that such small states intervene in diplomatic issues that are geographically far from them and costly in diplomatic terms. If NTSs have historically been under the influence of Washington, we take some di…
Why and how do regional organizations intervene without a mandate in democratic crises? The Central American case
How and why do Regional Organizations (ROs) intervene in intra-state political crises without a mandate? We have observed on recent occasions and in different world regions (Africa, Asia, Middle East, and Latin America), that the absence of a mandate does not impede ROs' interventions in the face of democratic crises. This article expands the academic literature based on the increasing international authority exercised by ROs. It aims to compleme…
Techno-functionalism and the varieties of regional resilience in Latin America: Comparing the Pacific Alliance and Sica
The WHO Pandemic Agreement Negotiation: Introducing a New Database ( The Pandemic Agreement Database )
In May 2025, the Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) adopted a historic pandemic agreement following 3 years of intensive and complex multilateral negotiations. By providing primary data on the negotiation process, the Pandemic Agreement Database supports empirical and scholarly research across multiple dimensions of global health diplomacy. This article introduces the database, presents its principal features, and demonstrates h…
Middle powers and the evolution of the outer space regime: An analysis of Latin American contributions in the UN
This article provides a historical reassessment of the contribution of middle powers to the evolution of the outer space regime. We argue that the traditional focus by scholarship on superpower competition and on the five founding treaties has led to an underappreciation both of the role of smaller powers and of the normative developments within the regime beyond hard law. Our analysis focuses on Latin American middle powers and reveals that they…
From seas to oceans: Assessing the Latin American states’ contribution towards a regime complexification
How have Latin American States contributed to the marine governance regime shift? Recent scholarship has underscored how the regime has been transformed from its classic origins (state-led, treaties, political) to a modern form (soft-law, polycentric, science-based). Through a mixed-method approach combining quantitative analysis of 342 UN resolutions and case studies, this article explores this update from ‘the seas’ to ‘the ocean’ in UN output,…
Political science (14 works) · International Relations in Latin America (9 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Politics (7 works) · Political economy (6 works) · Democracy (5 works) · Humanities (5 works) · Latin Americans (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Public Administration (5 works)