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Democratic memberships in international organizations: Sources of institutional design

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Author	Tallberg, Jonas Sommerer, Thomas Squatrito, Theresa
Copyright Year	2015
Abstract	Domestic regime type has emerged a powerful explanation of multiple phenomena in world politics. This article extends this argument to the design of international organizations (IOs), where a profound development in recent decades is growing access for transnational actors (TNAs). While earlier research has shown that democracy in IO memberships helps to explain IO openness, we know little about the mechanisms that drive this effect. This article unpacks the relationship between democratic memberships and IO design by theorizing and assessing the impact of three different constellations of democracies on the openness of IOs. Empirically, we conduct a multivariate analysis of TNA access to 50 IOs from 1950 to 2010, combined with a case study of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. Our main findings are three-fold. First, democracy’s effect on openness is primarily a product of the combined weight of democracies within IOs and their resulting capacity to secure support for their polity preferences. Second, in contrast, we only find limited support for a specific influence of new democracies and democratic major powers on IO openness. Third, decision rules that allow for openness reforms to be adopted by a majority of member states facilitate and strengthen the influence of democracies, by reducing the ability of autocracies to block change. The findings have implications for our understanding of institutional design in global governance and democracy’s effects in world politics.
Starting Page	59
Ending Page	87
Page Count	29
File Format	PDF
ISSN	15597431
Journal	The Review of International Organizations
Volume Number	11
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	1559744X
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2015-05-22
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Democracy Political regime International organization Global governance Institutional design Openness Social Sciences Political Science Economics
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Political Science and International Relations Economics and Econometrics Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

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