Böhmelt, Tobias and Spilker, Gabriele (2016) The interaction of international institutions from a social network perspective. International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, 16 (1). pp. 67-89. DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s10784-014-9248-3
Böhmelt, Tobias and Spilker, Gabriele (2016) The interaction of international institutions from a social network perspective. International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, 16 (1). pp. 67-89. DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s10784-014-9248-3
Böhmelt, Tobias and Spilker, Gabriele (2016) The interaction of international institutions from a social network perspective. International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, 16 (1). pp. 67-89. DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s10784-014-9248-3
Abstract
The literature increasingly acknowledges that international institutions do not exist in isolation, but regularly interact with each other. This interplay might induce influence, affecting institutions’ development and performance. The following research adds to this debate by systematically analyzing the quantitative evidence on how institutional interaction drives institutional design from a network perspective. Using dyadic cross-sectional data on international environmental agreements in 1952–2000, the authors find support for their theoretical argument that regimes’ similarity in design as captured by their degree of legalization strongly depends on institutions’ interaction. However, while “soft law” disseminates between regimes that are well connected through direct or indirect links, this does not apply to “hard law.” The authors explain this divergence with states’ concerns about binding-law commitments and sovereignty costs associated with the latter. This research may have important implications for studies of international institutions and of network analysis in general.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Global environmental governance; Institutional interaction; International institutions; Legalization; Social network analysis |
Subjects: | J Political Science > JA Political science (General) |
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Government, Department of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 16 Oct 2014 11:07 |
Last Modified: | 16 May 2024 17:20 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/10883 |