World Rule : Accountability, Legitimacy, and the Design of Global Governance

Dilemmas from climate change to financial meltdowns make it clear that global interconnectedness is the norm in the twenty-first century. As a result, global governance organizations (GGOs)—from the World Trade Organization to the Forest Stewardship Council—have taken on prominent roles in the management of international affairs. These GGOs create and promulgate rules to address a host of pressing problems. But as World Rule reveals, they struggle to meet two challenges: building authority despite limited ability to impose sanctions and maintaining legitimacy while satisfying the demands of key constituencies whose support is essential to a global rulemaking regime. Through a novel empirical study of twenty-five GGOs, Jonathan GS Koppell provides a clearer picture of the compromises within and the competition among these influential institutions by focusing attention on their organizational design. Analyzing four aspects of GGO organization in depth—representation and administration, the rulemaking process, adherence and enforcement, and interest group participation—Koppell describes variation systemically, identifies patterns, and offers explanations that link GGO design to the fundamental challenge of accountability in global governance. Dilemmas From Climate Change To Financial Meltdowns Make It Clear That Global Interconnectedness Is The Norm In The Twenty-first Century. As A Result, Global Governance Organizations (ggos) Have Taken On Prominent Roles In The Management Of International Affairs. But As 'world Rule' Reveals, They Struggle To Meet Two Challenges: Building Authority Despite Limited Ability To Impose Sanctions And Maintaining Legitimacy While Satisfying The Demands Of Key Constituencies Whose Support Is Essential To A Global Rulemaking Regime. Koppell Provides A Clearer Picture Of The Compromises Within And The Competition Among These Influential Institutions By Focusing Attention On Their Organizational Design. The Organization Of Global Rulemaking -- The Emerging Reality Of Global Governance -- What The Design Of Global Governance Organizations Tells Us -- The Logic Of Global Governance -- Plan Of The Book -- Accountability And Legitimacy-authority Tension In Global Governance -- Concepts Of Accountability -- Disentangling Legitimacy And Authority -- Complementary And Conflicting Demands -- What Makes Ggos Different? -- Introduction To The Ggo Sample And Their Core Characteristics -- Sorting Out The Universe Of Organizations -- Ggos Included In This Study -- Core Characteristics Of Ggos -- Structure And Administration Of Ggos -- Variations In Ggo Structure -- Implications -- Rulemaking In Global Governance Organizations -- Variation In Ggo Rulemaking -- Patterns Of Global Rulemaking -- Implications -- The Riddle Of Global Adherence -- Variations In Global Adherence Regime -- Patterns Of Ggo Adherence -- Implications Of Adherence Approach -- Interest Groups And Global Governance -- Transnational Interest Group Variation -- Patterns Of Interest Group Variation -- Ggo Authority And The Satisfaction Of Interest Groups -- Cooperation And Competition In Global Governance -- Global Governance As A Competitive Marketplace -- Conclusion: Models Of Global Governance And Accountability -- Putting It All Together: Three Models Of Global Governance. Jonathan G.s. Koppell. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [325]-350) And Index. The organization of global rulemaking -- The emerging reality of global governance -- What the design of global governance organizations tells us -- The logic of global governance -- Plan of the book -- Accountability and legitimacy-authority tension in global governance -- Five concepts of accountability -- Disentangling legitimacy and authority -- Complementary and conflicting demands -- What makes GGOs different? -- Introduction to the GGO sample and GGO core characteristics -- Sorting out the universe of organizations -- GGOs included in this study -- Core characteristics of GGOs -- Structure and administration of GGOs -- Six variations in GGO structure -- Patterns of GGO structure -- Implications -- Rulemaking in global governance organizations -- Variation in GGO rulemaking -- Patterns of global rulemaking -- Implications -- The riddle of global adherence -- Variations in global adherence regime -- Patterns of GGO adherence -- Implications of adherence approach -- Interest groups and global governance -- Transnational interest group variation -- Patterns of interest group variation -- GGO authority and the satisfaction of interest groups -- Conclusion -- Cooperation and competition in global governance -- Global governance as a competitive marketplace -- Cooperation among GGOs -- Strategic behavior in the GGO environment -- Conclusion -- Conclusion: models of global governance and accountability -- Models of global governance -- Putting it all together: three models of global governance University Of Chicago Press Contents 8 List of Illustrations 12 List of Abbreviations 14 Chapter 1. Introduction: The Organization of Global Rulemaking 16 Chapter 2. Accountability and Legitimacy-Authority Tension in Global Governance 46 Chapter 3. Introduction to the GGO Sample and GGO Core Characteristics 87 Chapter 4. Structure and Administration of GGOs 110 Chapter 5. Rulemaking in Global Governance Organizations 158 Chapter 6. The Riddle of Global Adherence 199 Chapter 7. Interest Groups and Global Governance 245 Chapter 8. Cooperation and Competition in Global Governance 280 Chapter 9. Conclusion: Models of Global Governance and Accountability 308 Appendix A. List of Interview Subjects 338 References 340 Index 366 0226450996,9780226450995,0226450988,9780226450988 "Global governance organizations (GGOs)--from the World Trade Organization to the Forest Stewardship Council--play a prominent role in the management of international affairs as they create and promulgate rules to address a host of pressing problems. But as World Rule reveals, they struggle to meet two challenges: building authority despite limited ability to impose sanctions and maintaining legitimacy while satisfying the demands of key constituencies whose support is essential to a global rulemaking regime. Through a novel empirical study of twenty-five GGOs, Jonathan GS Koppell provides a clearer picture of the compromises within and the competition among these influential institutions by focusing attention on their organizational design "This study of `global governance organizations' is very important--both in analytical and policy terms. It targets an increasingly complex, interdependent institutional domain that weaves public, private, and nongovernmental sectors together in ways that have been largely invisible to and confounding for students of public organizations. As unique as it is forward-looking, this book brings a wide-ranging, powerful, conceptual, and empirical approach to expansive and problematic institutional phenomena. No one in the profession is more aptly situated in experience and conceptual acuity to advance our understanding and policy humility concerning `world rule.'" Todd Laporte, University of California, Berkeley "--Book jacket "This ambitious book puts the broad universe of international rulemaking into perspective--from Internet names to banking regulation to international trade. Koppell makes a sensitive argument for the importance of accountability in all manner of organizations that make international decisions and regulations. His detailed accounts of specific international standards form the foundation for a compelling argument that legitimacy and accountability are at the heart of international governance." Ian Hurd, Northwestern University "World Rule is essential reading for scholars, managers, and policy makers interested in the rules that underpin the global economy. Koppell authoritatively and convincingly explains the origins of the dense network of global rules and elucidates their effects on both markets and practices; his theoretical insights into the politics of organizations are profound." Rawi Abdelal, Harvard Business School