TY - UNPB

T1 - Patterns of international organization

T2 - task specific vs. general purpose

AU - Lenz, Tobias

AU - Bezuijen, Jeanine

AU - Hooghe, Liesbet

AU - Marks, Gary

PY - 2014

Y1 - 2014

N2 - This paper surveys fundamental contrasts in the articulation of international authority using a new dataset, constructed by the authors, that estimates the composition and decision-making rules of 72 international organizations from 1950 to 2010. We theorize that two modes of governance – general purpose and task specific – represent distinctive ways of organizing political life, and this has stark implications for the exercise of international authority. We engage theoretical perspectives that bridge rational and constructivist approaches to examine how general purpose and task specific international organizations exhibit systematic differences in their institutional configuration, delegation, pooling, and development.

AB - This paper surveys fundamental contrasts in the articulation of international authority using a new dataset, constructed by the authors, that estimates the composition and decision-making rules of 72 international organizations from 1950 to 2010. We theorize that two modes of governance – general purpose and task specific – represent distinctive ways of organizing political life, and this has stark implications for the exercise of international authority. We engage theoretical perspectives that bridge rational and constructivist approaches to examine how general purpose and task specific international organizations exhibit systematic differences in their institutional configuration, delegation, pooling, and development.

KW - Politics

KW - International organization

KW - delegation

KW - pooling

KW - authority

KW - autonomy

M3 - Working papers

T3 - EUI Working Paper RSCAS

BT - Patterns of international organization

PB - European University Institute

CY - San Domenico di Fiesole

ER -