International "standards"and international governance
By: ABBOTT, Kenneth, W
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Contributor(s): SNIDAL, Duncan.
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ArticlePublisher: 2001Subject(s): Externality | Governance | Institutional Analysis | International Law | Private Rule-Making | StandardsJournal of European Public Policy 8, 3, p. 345-370Abstract: "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: constrasting the Prisoners Dilemma structure of traditional Pigovian externalities with the Coordination struture of network externalities. The second distinction is substantive: contransting 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 - accroding to the rspective interests and competencies of the two spheres - and varying levels of governance - national, regional of global - according to the scope of the problem and the capacity of institutioions. Our analysis of these choices is equally useful for addressing the ssociated normative question - how should international standards be set?
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"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: constrasting the Prisoners Dilemma structure of traditional Pigovian externalities with the Coordination struture of network externalities. The second distinction is substantive: contransting 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 - accroding to the rspective interests and competencies of the two spheres - and varying levels of governance - national, regional of global - according to the scope of the problem and the capacity of institutioions. Our analysis of these choices is equally useful for addressing the ssociated normative question - how should international standards be set?
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