CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2018
| Author | Nussipov, Adil |
|---|---|
| Title | International Authority of International Organisations and Transnational Access |
| Summary | The thesis aims at addressing the following puzzle: some international organisations (IOs) provide more institutional access for transnational actors (TNAs) into their policy processes than others. What does explain this variation? I argue that the international authority of IOs plays an important role in shaping the level of access provision. IOs with high and low international authority levels provide less access than IOs with medium levels of authority. High authority IOs have no functional needs in involving TNAs because their high authority allows them to achieve their mandate goals on their own. Low authority IOs are neither mandated with tasks that may require additional input by TNAs nor delegated with enough authority to even initiate the access provision. In contrast, IOs with medium levels of authority experience an institutional shortage of authority for achieving the goals of their mandates. For this reason, they see a strong functional benefit in involving TNAs as a way to overcome their authority limitations. Medium authority provides them with enough institutional abilities to provide access, but at the same time limits their autonomy from member-states to fulfil their mandate goals without any involvement from third parties. The statistical results of the study provide support for the argument. They illustrate that there is non-linear inverse U-shaped relationship between the level of authority and the level of access: medium authority IOs provide the highest access, while low and high authority IOs provide less access. |
| Supervisor | Li, Andrew |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2018/nussipov_adil.pdf |
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