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- Tallberg, Jonas, et al.
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Explaining Patterns in IO Openness : Governance Problems, Policy Approaches, and Institutional Design
- 2014
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Ingår i: Politische Vierteljahresschrift. - : Nomos. - 0032-3470 .- 1862-2860. ; :49, s. 370-
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- While international organizations (IOs) in recent decades have expanded the opportunities for transnational actors (TNAs) to participate in policy-making, significant differences remain across and within IOs. We argue that a neglected source of variation in openness is the policy approaches of IOs, understood as organizational styles of problem-solving. Policy approaches matter because one and the same governance problem may be tackled in multiple ways. Based on a descriptive statistical analysis and two case studies (Asian Development Bank, Commonwealth), we show that IOs which pursue a centralized approach to problem solving are less likely to involve TNAs than IOs that pursue a decentralized policy approach.
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- Göbel, Christian
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Das Innovationsdilemma und die Konsolidierung autokratischer Regime
- 2012
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Ingår i: Politische Vierteljahresschrift. - 0032-3470. ; , s. 132-156
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Despite the obvious (though as of yet unclear) relationship between economic growth and the persistence of autocratic regimes, there are only few studies that examine how innovation processes affect autocracies - and vice versa. Linking the scholarship on authoritarian consolidation with insights from the National Innovation Systems- and Science and Technology Studies literature, this article argues that processes of innovation in autocracies initiate social, economic and political processes that force a regime to constantly improve its institutional structures and enhance its channels into society. This consolidation of authoritarian rule in turn benefits further innovation. As a comparison of China and Myanmar will illustrate, this strategy can enhance a regime's legitimacy, but is a difficult and risky process. As a result, many regimes instead choose to uphold their rule by relying on repression.
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