The new terrain of global governance: mapping membership in informal international organizations

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• dc.contributor.author Roger, Charles B.
• dc.contributor.author Rowan, Sam
• dc.date.accessioned 2023-10-31T12:49:53Z
• dc.date.available 2023-10-31T12:49:53Z
• dc.date.issued 2023
• dc.description Includes supplemental material for the online appendix.
• dc.description.abstract We present a new dataset of membership in informal international organizations—IOs founded with non-binding instruments—which constitute one-third of operating IOs. We introduce state-IO-year–level membership data for 195 countries that complements the dataset on formal IOs from the Correlates of War Project. We explain our conceptualization of an informal IO, contrast it with other approaches, and detail the data collection process. We illustrate similarities and differences across formal and informal IOs, and across states and regions. We explain how our data validate or challenge conjectures about informal cooperation that have been inaccessible for lack of data. We demonstrate that while formal and informal IOs are similar in size, the composition of informal memberships in informal IOs is more fragmented. While informal IOs are a growing part of the governance portfolios of most states, some countries and regions participate more. We conclude by outlining elements of the research program our dataset unlocks.
• dc.description.sponsorship The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC ref: 756-2016-0574); the Beatriu de Pinós Programme, Agency for the Management of University and Research Grants (AGAUR), Generalitat de Catalunya (2018 BP 00276); and a research grant from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (PID2019-111467GA-I00).
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• dc.identifier.citation Roger C, Rowan S. The new terrain of global governance: mapping membership in informal international organizations. J Conflict Resolut. 2023 Jul;67(6):1248-69. DOI: 10.1177/00220027221139431
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00220027221139431
• dc.identifier.issn 0022-0027
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/58194
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher SAGE Publications
• dc.relation.ispartof Journal of Conflict Resolution. 2023 Jul;67(6):1248-69
• dc.relation.isreferencedby https://doi.org/10.25384/SAGE.21547818.v1
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/2PE/PID2019-111467GA-I00
• dc.rights © The Author(s) 2022. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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• dc.subject.keyword International organization
• dc.subject.keyword Global governance
• dc.subject.keyword Informality
• dc.subject.keyword Soft law
• dc.subject.keyword Membership
• dc.subject.keyword Regionalism
• dc.title The new terrain of global governance: mapping membership in informal international organizations
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