World Rule

by Koppell, Jonathan G. S.

• ISBN13: 9780226450988
• ISBN10: 0226450988
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-09-15
• Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr

Summary

Dilemmas from climate change to financial meltdowns make it clear that global interconnectedness is the norm in the twenty-first century. As a result, global governance organizations (GGOs)from the World Trade Organization to the Forest Stewardship Councilhave taken on prominent roles in the management of international affairs. These GGOs create and promulgate rules to address a host of pressing problems. But asWorld Rulereveals, they struggle to meet two challenges: building authority despite limited ability to impose sanctions and maintaining legitimacy while satisfying the demands of key constituencies whose support is essential to a global rulemaking regime. Through a novel empirical study of twenty-five GGOs, Jonathan GS Koppell provides a clearer picture of the compromises within and the competition among these influential institutions by focusing attention on their organizational design. Analyzing four aspects of GGO organization in depthrepresentation and administration, the rulemaking process, adherence and enforcement, and interest group participationKoppell describes variation systemically, identifies patterns, and offers explanations that link GGO design to the fundamental challenge of accountability in global governance.

Author Biography

Jonathan G. S. Koppell is associate professor of politics and management at the Yale School of Management and the author of The Politics of Quasi-Government: Hybrid Organizations and the Dynamics of Bureaucratic Control.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. xi
List of Abbreviations	p. xiii
Introduction: The Organization of Global Rulemaking	p. 1
The Emerging Reality of Global Governance	p. 6
What the Design of Global Governance Organizations Tells Us	p. 15
The Logic of Global Governance	p. 22
Plan of the Book	p. 28
Accountability and Legitimacy-Authority Tension in Global Governance	p. 31
Five Concepts of Accountability	p. 34
Disentangling Legitimacy and Authority	p. 41
Complementary and Conflicting Demands	p. 55
What Makes GGOs Different?	p. 67
Introduction to the GGO Sample and GGO Core Characteristics	p. 72
Sorting Out the Universe of Organizations	p. 73
GGOs Included in This Study	p. 80
Core Characteristics of GGOs	p. 81
Structure and Administration of GGOs	p. 95
Six Variations in GGO Structure	p. 97
Patterns of GGO Structure	p. 120
Implications	p. 139
Rulemaking in Global Governance Organizations	p. 143
Variation in GGO Rulemaking	p. 145
Patterns of Global Rulemaking	p. 160
Implications	p. 176
The Riddle of Global Adherence	p. 184
Variations in Global Adherence Regime	p. 187
Patterns of GGO Adherence	p. 206
Implications of Adherence Approach	p. 224
Interest Groups and Global Governance	p. 230
Transnational Interest Group Variation	p. 232
Patterns of Interest Group Variation	p. 240
GGO Authority and the Satisfaction of Interest Groups	p. 260
Conclusion	p. 263
Cooperation and Competition in Global Governance	p. 265
Global Governance as a Competitive Marketplace	p. 266
Cooperation among GGOs	p. 273
Strategic Behavior in the GGO Environment	p. 282
Conclusion	p. 291
Conclusion: Models of Global Governance and Accountability	p. 293
Models of Global Governance	p. 295
Putting It All Together: Three Models of Global Governance	p. 300
The Distribution of Model Types and the Nature of Global Governance	p. 305
Implications	p. 318
List of Interview Subjects	p. 323
References	p. 325
Index	p. 351
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