How individuals shape informal institutions: Analyzing contending norm promotion in the Global South

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/s41268-023-00308-z" target="_blank" >10.1057/s41268-023-00308-z</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

How individuals shape informal institutions: Analyzing contending norm promotion in the Global South

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Why do some actors possess more leverage to diffuse norms than others? Although it is often assumed that norm diffusion simply &apos;happens&apos; through the interaction of political and cultural systems, we argue that individuals and institutional flexibility play a crucial role in the success and failure of norm diffusion. Analyzing the contending interpretation and diffusion of the Common but Differentiated Responsibilities (CBDR) norm between the Independent Alliance of Latin America and the Caribbean (AILAC) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) within the UNFCCC, we illustrate how larger political mandates, the use of informal negotiation platforms and the skills and connections of negotiators played a crucial role in the respective success and failure of norm diffusion. While the more flexible and ad-hoc AILAC was able to effectively diffuse its interpretation of CBDR into the climate regime, the strictly intergovernmental ASEAN was unable to do the same. These findings advance the literature on norm entrepreneurs from the Global South and support several assumptions of the informal institutions theory. They also show, however, the importance of individuals as a defining condition of both norm entrepreneurship and the functioning of institutional platforms.

Název v anglickém jazyce

How individuals shape informal institutions: Analyzing contending norm promotion in the Global South

Popis výsledku anglicky

Why do some actors possess more leverage to diffuse norms than others? Although it is often assumed that norm diffusion simply &apos;happens&apos; through the interaction of political and cultural systems, we argue that individuals and institutional flexibility play a crucial role in the success and failure of norm diffusion. Analyzing the contending interpretation and diffusion of the Common but Differentiated Responsibilities (CBDR) norm between the Independent Alliance of Latin America and the Caribbean (AILAC) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) within the UNFCCC, we illustrate how larger political mandates, the use of informal negotiation platforms and the skills and connections of negotiators played a crucial role in the respective success and failure of norm diffusion. While the more flexible and ad-hoc AILAC was able to effectively diffuse its interpretation of CBDR into the climate regime, the strictly intergovernmental ASEAN was unable to do the same. These findings advance the literature on norm entrepreneurs from the Global South and support several assumptions of the informal institutions theory. They also show, however, the importance of individuals as a defining condition of both norm entrepreneurship and the functioning of institutional platforms.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50601 - Political science

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2023

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Journal of International Relations and Development

ISSN

1408-6980

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

26

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

3

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

22

Strana od-do

557-578

Kód UT WoS článku

001066009700002

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85171359116