International institutions in a functionally differentiated world society

Koenig‐Archibugi, Mathias

doi:10.1017/cbo9781139856041.013

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“…This notion is reinforced with the overall anti-rationalist impulse in IR and International Political Economy literature, which permeates the hierarchy studies (Cooley, 2003). The arguments concerning the functional differentiation of international society revolve around international institutions and bureaucracy becoming somewhen in the 19th century the 'nodal points' establishing communication around certain key notions and expanding, especially after the Second World War and the Cold War (Koenig-Archibugi, 2013).…”

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International Hierarchy and Functional Differentiation of States: Results of an Expert Survey

Nesmashnyi

Zhornist

Safranchuk

2022

Vestnik MGIMO-universiteta

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This article investigates the existing international hierarchy employing expert survey as its primary method. 'Authority hierarchy' and 'power status hierarchy,' the two existing research traditions of hierarchy studies, are briefly introduced. We demonstrate a gap between basic research on power status, emphasizing its social nature, and applied case studies, primarily relying on purely material indicators of a country's capabilities, such as the GDP and CINC. In times of rapid hierarchical shifts, there is a need for a more nuanced and holistic approach. The article suggests placing hierarchy studies onto the ontological foundation of Niklas Luhmann's Differentiation Theory to overcome these problems. We trace the international society's segmentary differentiation, stratificatory differentiation (status hierarchy), and functional differentiation (specialization). The paper argues that the functional roles of states and their positions in the international hierarchy are interconnected. The hierarchy of states' roles, resulting from functional differentiation, is understood in terms of authority hierarchy. In order to lay the ground for further research, three valuable insights of states in the international hierarchy. Firstly, we categorize 26 countries as belonging to one of the power status categories (small power, middle power, great power, superpower) as of autumn 2021 based on the survey results. We calculate indices operationalizing power, roles, public goods provision, and revisionism for the states in the survey. Secondly, the paper presents experts' evaluations of the importance of various valued attributes (such as the size of the economy, military might, international prestige, autonomy, etc.) for different power status categories. Thirdly, we suggest a novel approach linking a country's position in the international hierarchy to its functional roles. We use correlation analysis to test the hypothesis and compare the roles index to other popular power status indicators.

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Section: Mgimo Review Of International Relations • 2022mentioning

confidence: 99%

International Hierarchy and Functional Differentiation of States: Results of an Expert Survey

Nesmashnyi

Zhornist

Safranchuk

2022

Vestnik MGIMO-universiteta

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Llevando la Economía al realismo estructural: diferenciación y diálogo de asimetrías entre estructuras políticas y económicas en la estratificación de las jerarquías internacionales

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2019

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El presente trabajo pretende comprender el proceso de estratificación material de las jerarquías internacionales a través de la dinámica de socialización, que interrelaciona las estructuras políticas y económicas de diferenciación en las relaciones interestatales. El estudio del nexo entre la política y la economía no es novedoso en las Relaciones Internacionales. Sin embargo, la literatura teórica de la disciplina carece de una comprensión de las estructuras políticas y económicas de modo independiente, sin reducir unas a las otras. Para completar esta laguna, este artículo reinterpreta el realismo estructural a la luz del reciente debate sobre la concepción sociológica de las estructuras como subsistemas de diferenciación entre actores de un determinado sistema social. El marco conceptual de la teoría de la diferenciación estructural es utilizado como lenguaje para entender y caracterizar la socialización configurada entre estructuras asimétricas, tales como las de naturaleza política y económica. Así, se discuten los nexos que emergen de las transacciones sociales internacionales de naturaleza política y económica considerando su papel en la constitución del sistema de estados contemporáneo y sus efectos estructurantes sobre el sistema internacional.

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