The Capacity of International Institutions
This paper aims to develop a simple, rigorous, and generally applicable analytical framework for investigation of the ability of international institutions to shape the political contestation among actors in international politics. To achieve this end, it discusses the key conceptual problems of th...
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Institute of International Relations Prague
2011-09-01
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| Online Access: | https://cjir.iir.cz/index.php/cjir/article/view/385 |
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This paper aims to develop a simple, rigorous, and generally applicable
analytical framework for investigation of the ability of international
institutions to shape the political contestation among actors in
international politics. To achieve this end, it discusses the key conceptual
problems of the existing notions of the functioning of international
institutions and offers steps to address these problems. It partially
reformulates and formalizes the currently used concepts of effectiveness
and robustness of institutions and builds upon them the concept of
institutional capacity, which captures the quality of the institutions’ work in
a more complex and analytically rigorous manner. Subsequently, the paper
discusses how the concept of institutional capacity can be applied to the
study of the political systems of international organizations and presents a
list of 24 criteria that are suitable for assessments of their functioning.
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| spelling | doaj.art-5a3769c8ce3b4a28af85dc713bfbf3c42023-01-19T07:03:15ZengInstitute of International Relations PragueCzech Journal of International Relations0323-18442570-94292011-09-01463The Capacity of International InstitutionsMichal Parízek This paper aims to develop a simple, rigorous, and generally applicable analytical framework for investigation of the ability of international institutions to shape the political contestation among actors in international politics. To achieve this end, it discusses the key conceptual problems of the existing notions of the functioning of international institutions and offers steps to address these problems. It partially reformulates and formalizes the currently used concepts of effectiveness and robustness of institutions and builds upon them the concept of institutional capacity, which captures the quality of the institutions’ work in a more complex and analytically rigorous manner. Subsequently, the paper discusses how the concept of institutional capacity can be applied to the study of the political systems of international organizations and presents a list of 24 criteria that are suitable for assessments of their functioning. https://cjir.iir.cz/index.php/cjir/article/view/385International institutionsinternational organizationseffectivenessrobustnessinstitutional capacityperformance |
| spellingShingle | Michal Parízek The Capacity of International Institutions Czech Journal of International Relations International institutions international organizations effectiveness robustness institutional capacity performance |
| title | The Capacity of International Institutions |
| title_full | The Capacity of International Institutions |
| title_fullStr | The Capacity of International Institutions |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Capacity of International Institutions |
| title_short | The Capacity of International Institutions |
| title_sort | capacity of international institutions |
| topic | International institutions international organizations effectiveness robustness institutional capacity performance |
| url | https://cjir.iir.cz/index.php/cjir/article/view/385 |
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