Synopses & Reviews
This volume explores the conditions under which regional organizations engage in governance transfer in and to areas of limited statehood. The comparison of 12 regional organizations in Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and the Middle East shows that regional organizations have not only institutionalized commitments to human rights, democracy, the rule of law, and the fight against corruption. They have also developed more detailed prescriptions of these 'good' governance standards and established similar instruments to promote and protect them in their member states. The authors argue that a global script of governance transfer by regional organizations is emerging. Rather than developing from a central model, however, this is patched together by regional and national actors who are translating governance standards and instruments into their local context.
Synopsis
This volume explores the conditions under which regional organizations engage in governance transfer in and to areas of limited statehood. The authors argue that a global script of governance transfer by regional organizations is emerging, where regional and national actors are adapting governance standards and instruments to their local context.
About the Author
Tanja A. Börzel is Professor of Political Science and Chair of European Integration at the Otto-Suhr-Institute for Political Science, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. She coordinates the Kolleg-Forschergruppe (KFG) 'The Transformative Power of Europe' and directs the Jean Monnet Center of Excellence 'Europe and its Citizens'. Her research and teaching experience lies in the fields of institutional theory, European integration and comparative regionalism.
Vera van Hüllen is Assistant Professor of International Relations at Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Germany. Her research interests include the role of regional organizations in regional and domestic politics in the Middle East and North Africa, particularly during the Arab Spring. From 2010 to 2013 she coordinated research on governance transfer by regional organizations worldwide under the framework of the Collaborative Research Center (SFB 700) 'Governance in Areas of Limited Statehood' at Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.
Table of Contents
PART I:INTRODUCTION
1. Towards a Global Script? Governance Transfer byRegional Organizations; Tanja A. Börzel and Vera van Hüllen
2. A Global Script in Regional Colours: Mapping Governance Transfer by Twelve Regional Organizations; Tanja A. Börzel and Sören Stapel
PART II: Africa
3. Against All Odds: Strong Democratic Norms in the African Union; Julia Leininger
4. Writing the Script? ECOWAS' Military Intervention Mechanism; Christof Hartmann and Kai Striebinger
5. Agent Run Amuck: The SADC Tribunal and Governance Transfer Rollback; Meran Hulse and Anna van der VleutenPART III: MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA
6. Why Create a Regional Human Rights Regime? The ASEAN Inter-Governmental Commission for Human Rights;Anja Jetschke
7. Just Leave Us Alone: The Arab League and Human Rights;Vera van Hüllen
8. A 'Potemkin Village'? Governance Transfer by the CIS; Alessandra RussoPART IV: THE AMERICAS
9. Ahead of the Curve: The OAS as a Pioneer of International Anti-Corruption Efforts;Mathis Lohaus
10. Beyond Free Trade: Accounting for Labour and Environmental Governance Standards in NAFTA; Franceso Duina
11. At Last: The Protection and Promotion of Human Rights by Mercosur; Andrea Ribeiro HoffmannPART V: EUROPE
12. Too Little, Too Late? Governance Transfer and the Eastern Enlargement of the Council of Europe; Andrea Gawrich
13. Why Being Democratic is Just Not Enough: The EU's Governance Transfer; Vera van Hüllen and Tanja A. BörzelPART IV: CONCLUSIONS
14. Patching Together a Global Script: The Demand for and Supply of Governance Transfer by Regional Organizations?;Tanja A. Börzel and Vera van Hüllen