The Independence of International Organizations
Concept and Applications
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6284262 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yoram Z Haftel (0000-0002-8142-9647, University of Illinois Chicago), Alexander Thompson (0000-0001-9971-1504, Department of Political Science, Ohio State University) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 253-275 |
| Publication date | 2006-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Conflict Resolution (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0027 • E-ISSN: 1552-8766 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0022002705285288 |
| OpenAlex | W2167025809 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 90 |
| References cited | 74 |
Despite its widespread use in studies of domestic political institutions, the concept of “independence” has not been systematically applied to the study of international institutions. Most arguments regarding the ability of international organizations (IOs) to promote cooperation and mitigate conflict rely on the implicit assumption that such institutions possess some independence from states, and yet the field has failed to conceptualize—let alone measure—this institutional characteristic. Extracting insights from the theoretical literatures on both international and domestic institutions, the authors distill several design features that lend independence to political institutions and then generate coding rules for measuring the independence of IOs. Based on an original data set of regional integration arrangements, the authors then use regression analysis to test several propositions for explaining variation in IO independence, shedding light on some important theoretical and empirical puzzles in international relations
Economics · Independence (probability theory · International relations · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Set (abstract data type · Sociology · Statistics · Computer Science · International Development and Aid · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Mathematics · Political Conflict and Governance
Institutional Choice and Global Commerce
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Hello, goodbye
International regulation without international government
The politics of IO performance
Organization without delegation
Delegation and pooling in international organizations
Centralisation without Independence
IO Overlap and the Allocation of Delegation
The International Authority Database
Does earmarked funding affect the performance of international organisations
The Proliferation of Developing Country Classifications
The Untold Story of the World's Leading Environmental Institution
International bureaucracies and their influence on policy-making
Assessing the influence of international environmental treaty secretariats using a relational network approach
When States Regionally Integrate
Contested Legitimating Agents
What Drives Institutional Reforms in Regional Organisations? Diffusion, Contextual Conditions, and the Modular Design of Asean
The autonomy of international organizations? The analysis of major powers’ influence over the World Bank’s aid policies
How uncertainty about outside options impedes international cooperation
Member-dominated international organizations as actors
(Re)generating Peacekeeping Authority
Specialized Committees of International Organizations an Important Source of Organizational Autonomy
Conflict, Regional Cooperation, and Foreign Capital
Governing international freshwater resources
Meeting common environmental challenges
Organizationhood in the Light of Asian Minimalism
Transnational Access to International Organizations 1950–2010
Patterns of (Dis)similarity in the Design of Regional Organizations
Organizational Autonomy Beyond the Secretariat
Building Environmental Peace
Conflict and Cooperation along International Rivers
Managed death
Headwinds and tailwinds to the rights-based approach to development
Improving Generalizability in Transnational Bureaucratic Influence Research
The strategic design of technology funds for climate cooperation
Autonomy and international organisations
Local orders in international organisations
Time is politics
Regional integration and the challenge of overlapping memberships on trade
Explaining a new foreign aid recipient
Do Agents “Run Amok”? A Comparison of Agency Slack in the EU and US Trade Policy in the Doha Round
Regime-type composition of an intergovernmental organisation and dispute settlement mechanisms
Lowest Common Denominator Norm Institutionalization
Why parties politicise international institutions
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Cascading noncompliance
Domestic constraints on regional cooperation
Authority, politicization, and alternative justifications
After compliance in India and beyond
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Kantian Dynamics Revisited
The heart of bureaucratic power
Crisis management from a relational perspective
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The Politics of International Peace and Security
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Organizational Overlap and Bureaucratic Actors
Joint Bodies and the Regularization of Strategic Interaction
Designing for Peace
Introducing the EU exit index measuring each member state’s propensity to leave the European Union
Two Questions of Sovereignty
Traditional multilateralism in the shadow of bilateralism
How International Organizations Support Democratization
Institutional Design and Bureaucrats’ Impact on Political Control
Exploring the hidden influence of international treaty secretariats
Bureaucratic autonomy of international organizations’ secretariats
Unilateral Influence on International Bureaucrats
Overlapping Institutions, Learning, and Dispute Initiation in Regional Trade Agreements
Following the Flag or Following the Charter? Examining the Determinants of UN Involvement in International Crises, 1945-20021
Accountability in Global Governance
The Short and Long(er) of It
Who Is Punished? Regional Intergovernmental Organizations and the Enforcement of Democratic Norms
Beyond Institutional Design
Democratic International Governmental Organizations Promote Peace
Under what conditions does bureaucracy matter in the making of global public policies
Tolerant, If Personal Goals Remain Unharmed
The Political Economy of Regional Integration
Making Sense of the Design of International Institutions
Causal mechanisms in civil war mediation
Rational design in motion
Feigned ambition. Analysing the emergence, evolution and performance of the ACP Group of States
Identifying Formal Intergovernmental Organizations
The effectiveness of treaty design in addressing water disputes
Institutional authority and security cooperation within regional economic organizations
Resolving Teesta River Conflicts
Triangulating Peace
Peace in Parts
Network Power
Delegation and Agency in International Organizations
The Political Economy of Public Administration
Courts
The Logic of Regional Integration
The Engines of European Integration
The Forging of Bureaucratic Autonomy
Ruling the World
The Institutionalization of Europe
European Integration and Supranational Governance
Delegating Powers
Measuring the Independence of Central Banks and Its Effect on Policy Outcomes
How agents matter
The political economy of regionalism
Politics in Time
Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance
Cooperation under Anarchy
Coercive Cooperation
The Logic of Collective Action
The Central American common market
Eugene
Constitutions and Commitment
International institutions and the political economy of integration
Regionalism in Comparative Perspective
Economic Cooperation in Southeast Asia
Political Integration as a Multidimensional Phenomenon Requiring Multivariate Measurement
Who Are the “Masters of the Treaty
The Path to European Integration
A Political Explanation of Variations in Central Bank Independence
Regional Integration and Cooperation in West Africa
State Power and the Structure of International Trade
Do Intergovernmental Organizations Promote Peace
Heterogeneity, Linkage and Commons Problems
Why States Act through Formal International Organizations
Tau-b or Not Tau-b
Hierarchy Amidst Anarchy
Dominance and Leadership in the International Economy
Grasping the Commercial Institutional Peace
From the Outside Looking In
The Politics of Dispute Settlement Design
Why are some international agreements informal
Legalized Dispute Resolution
Coercion Through IOs
Delegation to International Organizations
Hard and Soft Law in International Governance
Trade Blocs, Trade Flows, and International Conflict
The Third Leg of the Kantian Tripod for Peace
The Rational Design of International Institutions
Multilateralism with small and large numbers
Democratic International Governmental Organizations Promote Peace
Two Logics of Delegation
Historical Institutionalism in Comparative Politics
Theories Ofdelegation
Revisiting Economic Sanctions Reconsidered
How Do Commercial Institutions Promote Peace
Normative and Structural Causes of Democratic Peace, 1946-1986
A Theory of Endogenous Institutional Change
Contracting around International Uncertainty
| Unique citing works | 90 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4,5 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2026 (21) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 90 |