The Institutional Topology of International Regime Complexes: Mapping Inter-Institutional Structures in Global Governance

The Institutional Topology of International Regime Complexes: Mapping Inter-Institutional Structures in Global Governance provides a systematic conceptualization and explanation of the evolution of these varying institutional topologies underlying regime complexes across five issue areas of Global Governance. It combines quantitative network analyses with qualitative case studies to trace institutional decentralization processes across five highly relevant issue areas.

Format: Hardback
Length: 304 pages
Publication date: 05 October 2023
Publisher: Oxford University Press

The implicit topology of international institutional complexes exhibits significant variation across policy domains. In certain areas, a dominant institution assumes a central role in shaping everyday policy cooperation, with alternative and more regional institutions operating in its shadow. Conversely, in other policy fields, institutional structures manifest as diverse, characterized by a multitude of non-hierarchical, decentralized, and alternative institutions.

The Institutional Topology of International Regime Complexes: Mapping Inter-Institutional Structures in Global Governance offers a comprehensive conceptualization and explanation of the evolution of these diverse institutional topologies underlying regime complexes across five critical issue areas of Global Governance: Intellectual Property Protection, Tax Avoidance, Financial Stability, Development Aid, and Energy Governance. By providing an empirically grounded, network-based conceptualization and mapping of institutional topologies, as well as a theoretical framework for their variation across policy spaces and temporal dynamics, the book offers a thorough analysis of both the empirical manifestation of inter-institutional structures across various policy domains of Global Governance and the specific factors that shape the varying institutional trajectories driving (de-) centralization.

Drawing upon quantitative network analyses and qualitative case studies, Daßler meticulously traces institutional decentralization processes across five highly relevant issue areas of Global Governance. This volume illuminates how the nature of issue-specific cooperation problems translates into distinct structures among multilateral institutions occupying the same regime complex. By shedding light on these inter-institutional dynamics, the book contributes to our understanding of the complex interplay between institutions, issues, and global governance arrangements.

In the context of growing concerns about the future trajectories of Global Governance in times of heightened geopolitical tensions, this volume provides valuable insights into the dynamics and complexities shaping international institutional arrangements. It underscores the importance of understanding the interplay between institutions, issues, and power dynamics in order to navigate the challenges and opportunities of global governance in the 21st century.

Weight: 582g
Dimension: 240 x 160 x 24 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780198881926