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Abbott & Snidal on a Typology of International Governance

By Lawrence Solum

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Kenneth W. Abbott and Duncan Snidal (Arizona State University - College of Law and University of Chicago Political Science) have posted International 'Standards' and International Governance (Journal of European Public Policy, Vol. 8, No. 3, p. 345-370) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:

'Standards' are central mechanisms of international governance, but have different roles in various circumstances. These can be analyzed in terms of a simple typology. One key distinction is analytic: Contrasting the Prisoners' Dilemma structure of traditional Pigovian externalities with the Coordination structure of network externalities. The second distinction is substantive: contrasting physical or technological externalities with externalities that arise in the creation of public policy. The four resulting circumstances are typically addressed by alternative governance arrangements: varying combinations of private and public governance - according to the respective interests and competencies of the two spheres - and varying levels of gvernance - national, regional or global - according to the scope of the problem and the capacity of institutions. Our analysis of these choices is primarily positive, but the comparative institutional framework we develop is equally useful for addressing the associated normative question - how should international standards be set? Very interesting paper.

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Full post as published by Legal Theory Blog on February 12, 2010 (boomark / email).