In: Transformations in governance
The implicit topology of international institutional complexes varies greatly across policy areas. In some areas, the lion's share of everyday policy cooperation is shaped by a single institution with alternative and more regional institutions operating in its shadow. In other policy fields, institutional structures appear to be different, seeing a range of non-hierarchical, decentralized, alternative institutions. The Institutional Topology of International Regime Complexes- Mapping Inter-Institutional Structures in Global Governance provides a systematic analysis of the varying institutional topologies underlying five regime complexes: Intellectual Property, Tax Avoidance, Financial Stability, Development Aid, and Energy Governance. The book offers a comprehensive analysis of both the empirical manifestation of inter-institutional structures across various policy fields of Global Governance and the issue specific factors that shape their long-term evolution. Theoretically, the book highlights the significant variation in institutional opportunity structures for states across issue areas. It suggests that these crucial translate into long-term centripetal or centrifugal effects on institutional topologies. Empirically, the book combines network analyses with qualitative case studies tracing institutionalization processes across five highly relevant issue areas of Global Governance. It shows how the nature of issue-specific cooperation problems translates into disparate structures among multilateral institutions occupying the same regime complex. In light of growing concerns about the future trajectories of Global Governance in times of heightened geopolitical tensions, this book offers a fresh perspective to comparatively capture the profoundly varying institutional landscapes across different issue areas and their associated challenges and opportunities of multilateral cooperation
In: Transformations in governance
In: Political Science
In: Oxford scholarship online
In: Political Science
In: Transformations in governance
Provides a systematic conceptualization and explanation of the evolution of varying institutional topologies underlying regime complexes.
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