Exit from international organizations : costly negotiation for institutional change / Inken von Borzyskowski, Felicity Vabulas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Borzyskowski, Inken von, author.

Vabulas, Felicity, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International agencies--Rules and practice--Case studies.

International agencies.

International agencies--Membership--Case studies.

International organization--Case studies.

International organization.

International agencies--Membership.

Genre:

Case studies

Physical Description:

1 online resource (340 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2025.

Summary:

Why do states exit international organizations (IOs)? How often does exit from IOs - including voluntary withdrawal and forced suspension - occur? What are the effects of leaving IOs for the exiting state? Despite the importance of membership in IOs, a broader understanding of exit across states, organizations, and time has been limited. Exit from International Organizations addresses these lacunae through a theoretically grounded and empirically systematic study of IO exit. Von Borzyskowski and Vabulas argue that there is a common logic to IO exit which helps explain both its causes and consequences. By examining IO exit across 198 states, 534 IOs, and over a hundred years of history, they show that exit is driven by states' dissatisfaction, preference divergence, and is a strategy to negotiate institutional change. The book also demonstrates that exit is costly because it has reputational consequences for leaving states and significantly affects other forms of international cooperation.

Contents:

Cover

Half-title page

Title page

Copyright page

Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

Acknowledgments

International Organization (IO) Abbreviations

Part I Introduction and Theory

1 Understanding IO Exits

Theoretical Contributions: Exit as a Costly Strategy to Negotiate Change

Empirical Contributions

Broader Implications for International Cooperation

Defining Formal Intergovernmental Organizations, Withdrawals, and Suspensions

Our Data Collection Strategy and Some Basic Temporal Patterns

Withdrawals over Time

Suspensions over Time

A Rebuttal to Alternative Accounts

IO Exit Is Not Primarily Driven by Backlash against Globalization nor Nationalism/Populism

IO Exit Is Not Systematically Triggering an End to Cooperation

Membership (and Membership Exit) Is Consequential for World Politics

Chapter Overview

2 Exit as a Costly Strategy to Negotiate Change

IOs Can Become Dissatisfying as State Preferences and Power Shift

Voice and Other Options before Exit

Why States Might Avoid Exit despite Dissatisfaction

Using Exit to Negotiate Change

The Consequences of IO Exit for Exiting States

Reputational Consequences for the Exiting State

Cooperative Consequences for the Exiting State

Material Consequences for the Exiting State and Why They Might Be Limited

Consequences of Exit for Institutional Change

Conclusion

Part II Withdrawal

3 Predictors of Withdrawal: When and Why Do States Withdraw from IOs?

Theoretical Expectations on the Predictors of Withdrawal

Testable Implications

The Fuller Picture: Why States Withdraw from IOs

Which States Frequently Withdraw from IOs?

Which IOs Do States Frequently Withdraw From?

Withdrawal Threats

Justifications for Withdrawing

Return after Withdrawals

Multivariate Tests

Research Design

Regression Results on the Predictors of Withdrawals

4 The Consequences of IO Withdrawal for Exiting States

Theorizing the Consequences of IO Withdrawal

Reputational Consequences

Cooperative Consequences

Material Consequences

Reputational, Cooperative, and Material Consequences: Multivariate Tests

The Reputational Consequences of Withdrawal

Do Reputational Effects Vary by State and IO?

Cooperative Consequences: UNSC Elections

Cooperative Consequences: Future Treaty Signing

The Material (Economic) Consequences of Withdrawal

Key Findings and Ways to Move Forward

5 Case Studies: Three Withdrawals

Case Methodology

US Withdrawal from the International Labour Organization (ILO) (1975/77-1980)

Case Summary

Case Details

Synopsis

Japan's Withdrawal from the International Whaling Commission (IWC) (2018/19 to Present)

UK Withdrawal from the European Union (EU) (2016/20 to Present)

Synopsis

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Other Format:

Print version: Borzyskowski, Inken von. Exit from international organizations

ISBN:

9781009532297

1009532294

9781009532334

1009532332

9781009532310

1009532316

OCLC:

1521231978

Publisher Number:

CIPO000232746

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license