ACTORS, NORMS, AND IMPACT: Recent International Cooperation Theory and the Influence of the Agent-Structure Debate

O’Neill, Kate; Balsiger, Jörg; VanDeveer, Stacy D.

doi:10.1146/annurev.polisci.7.090803.161821

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“…However, we know relatively little about how non-state actors are turned into agents by virtue of their authority. Most commonly, agency is understood as a function of unequal knowledge of rules, access to resources, and differing levels of transnational connectivity and geopolitical status (Fisher and Green 2004;O'Neill et al 2004). The focus has thus mainly been on factors endogenous to individual organizations.…”

Section: State Of the Art And Theorymentioning

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The roles of non-state actors in climate change governance: understanding agency through governance profiles

Nasiritousi

Hjerpe

Linnér

2014

Int Environ Agreements

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Globalization processes have rendered non-state actors an integral part of global governance. The body of literature that has examined non-state actor involvement in global governance has focused mainly on whether and how non-state actors can influence states. Less attention has been paid to the comparative advantages of non-state actors to answer questions about agency across categories of non-state actors, and more precisely what governance activities non-state actors are perceived to fulfil. Using unique survey material from two climate change conferences, we propose that different categories of nonstate actors have distinct governance profiles. We further suggest that the different governance profiles are derived from particular power sources and that agency is a function of these profiles. The study thereby contributes to a strand in the literature focusing on the authority of non-state actors in climate governance and broadens the methodological toolkit for studying the ''governors'' of global governance.

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Section: State Of the Art And Theorymentioning

confidence: 99%

The roles of non-state actors in climate change governance: understanding agency through governance profiles

Nasiritousi

Hjerpe

Linnér

2014

Int Environ Agreements

152

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“…Surveys of recent scholarship and practice raise a number of questions about the continued feasibility of negotiating and implementing an ever-larger set of global environmental 2 O'Neill, Balsiger and VanDeveer 2004;andO'Neill, 2010. 3 Conca 2006;Doyle and Doherty 2006;and Keck and Sikkink 1998.…”

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Navigating Regional Environmental Governance

Balsiger

VanDeveer

2012

Global Environmental Politics

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Abstract. Global environmental governance is growing increasingly complex and recent scholarship and practice raise a number of questions about the continued feasibility of negotiating and implementing an ever-larger set of global environmental agreements. In the search for alternative conceptual models and normative orders, regional environmental governance (REG) is (re)emerging as a significant phenomenon in theory and practice. Although environmental cooperation has historically been more prevalent at the regional than at the global level, and has informed much of what we know today about international environmental cooperation, REG has been a neglected topic in the scholarly literature on international relations and international environmental politics. This introduction to the special issue situates theoretical arguments linked to REG in the broader literature, including the nature of regions, the location of regions in multilevel governance, and the normative arguments advanced for and against regional orders. It provides an overview of empirical work; offers quantitative evidence of REG's global distribution; advances a typology of REG for future research; and introduces the collection of research articles and commentaries through the lens of three themes: form and function, multilevel governance, and participation.

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“…Women's agency and opportunity structures This article approaches WVC leadership from the perspectives of both agency (Carlsnaes, 1992 andPorter, 2013) and structuralism (O'Neill et al, 2004). It argues that WVC leaders become agents of change, capable of acting independently to shape social reality, provided they are able to develop their capabilities to counter discrimination, vulnerability and inequalities (Porter, 2013).…”

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Leaders against all odds: Women victims of conflict in Colombia

Restrepo

2016

Palgrave Commun

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In the current high-profile conflict within Colombia, women account for the majority of civilian victims. It has been argued that the inclusion of women in peace-building processes may help increase the scope and sustainability of the subsequently achieved peace. However, most women victims of conflict (WVCs) achieve public visibility simply because of their suffering, not because of their potential as sources, initiators and agents of peace. In contrast, this article argues that WVCs represent a hitherto uncharted piece of the peace-building puzzle. In particular, this study explores the ways in which some WVCs are overcoming their own victimhood and emerging as leaders in peace-building, despite the significant personal risks associated with the on-going violence: who better to help heal and empower victims and reconcile society than those who have suffered trauma themselvesand risen above it? The article draws its primary evidence from extensive personal interviews, ethnographic work and data on women victims in Colombia. Against all odds, these unsung WVC leaders have proven to be powerful agents of change: capable of healing, empowering and even reconciling broader society. This article is published as part of a thematic collection on multi-and interdisciplinary perspectives on gender studies.

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ACTORS, NORMS, AND IMPACT: Recent International Cooperation Theory and the Influence of the Agent-Structure Debate

Cited by 75 publications

References 91 publications

The roles of non-state actors in climate change governance: understanding agency through governance profiles

The roles of non-state actors in climate change governance: understanding agency through governance profiles

Navigating Regional Environmental Governance

Leaders against all odds: Women victims of conflict in Colombia

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