Gray, Julia, Lindstadt, Rene  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7349-465X and Slapin, Jonathan B.
2017.
The dynamics of enlargement in international organisations.
International Interactions
43
(4)
, pp. 619-642.
10.1080/03050629.2017.1228039
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Abstract
Most international organizations (IOs) expand their membership over the course of their lifespan. Although these enlargements tend to be heralded as normatively positive | for the IOs themselves, for the new members, and for cooperative outcomes more generally | expansions can also lead to con icts in the organization. What conditions lead to enlargement rounds that reshape an organization in unexpected ways? We ar- gue that, depending upon the diversity of the initial group of countries, members may vote to admit new entrants that can tilt organizational decision-making in unexpected directions. We anticipate fewer enlargements with lesser impact on the character of the organization among organizations that have either a smaller range of founding members or a relatively even initial dispersion. We develop an agent-based model that accounts for the complex decision-making environment and social dynamics that typify IO ac- cession processes. The model helps us explain how the nature of decision-making in organizations can shift following enlargement, likely changing the organization's output and goals.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Date Type: | Publication |
| Status: | Published |
| Schools: | Schools > Department of Politics and International Relations (POLIR) Schools > Cardiff Law & Politics Schools > Law |
| Subjects: | K Law > K Law (General) |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | international organizations, enlargement, agent-based models |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis (Routledge) |
| ISSN: | 0305-0629 |
| Date of First Compliant Deposit: | 23 September 2016 |
| Date of Acceptance: | 19 August 2016 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Nov 2024 09:45 |
| URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/94839 |
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