Discriminatory clubs : the geopolitics of international organizations / Christina L. Davis

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davis, Christina L., 1971- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discrimination.

International agencies--Social aspects.

International agencies.

Social isolation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 448 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2023]

Summary:

The discriminatory logic at the heart of multilateralismMember selection is one of the defining elements of social organization, imposing categories on who we are and what we do. Discriminatory Clubs shows how international organizations are like social clubs, ones in which institutional rules and informal practices enable states to favor friends while excluding rivals.Where race or socioeconomic status may be a basis for discrimination by social clubs, geopolitical alignment determines who gets into the room to make the rules of global governance. Christina Davis brings together a wealth of data on membership provisions for more than three hundred organizations to reveal the prevalence of club-style selection on the world stage. States join organizations to deepen their association with a particular group of states—most often their allies—and for the gains from policy coordination. Even organizations that claim to be universal, to target narrow issues, or to cover geographic regions use club-style admission criteria. Davis demonstrates that when it comes to the most important decision of cooperation—who belongs to the club and who doesn’t—geopolitical alignment can matter more than the merits or policies of potential members.With illuminating case studies ranging from nineteenth-century Japan to contemporary Palestine and Taiwan, Discriminatory Clubs sheds light on how, for global and regional organizations such as the WTO and the EU, alliance ties and shared foreign-policy positions form the basis of cooperation.

Contents:

1. Membership and International Cooperation. 1.1 Defining IGO Membership ; 1.2 Membership in International Relations Theory ; 1.3 Geopolitical Alignment as Basis for IGO Cooperation ; 1.4 Chapter Overview ; 1.5 Conclusion

2. Flexibility by Design: Rules for Accession. 2.1 IGO Accession as Club Membership ; 2.2 International Society and Ending IGO Membership ; 2.3 Data on IGO Accession Rules ; 2.3.1 Founding Charter Documents ; 2.3.2 Participation Mandate ; 2.3.3 Conditionality Terms ; 2.4 Toward a Broader Understanding of Accession ; 2.5 Conclusion

3. Membership Patterns in Economic Institutions / Christina L. Davis and Tyler Pratt. 3.1 Geopolitics and Economic Cooperation ; 3.1.1 Testable Implications for Membership Patterns ; 3.2 Empirical Analysis of IGO Membership Patterns ; 3.2.1 Data on Membership in Multilateral Economic Organizations ; 3.2.2 Logistic Regression Analysis of Membership ; 3.2.3 Finite Mixture Model of Weighted Decision-Making ; 3.3 Conclusion –

4. Accession to the GATT/WTO / Christina L. Davis and Meredith Wilf. 4.1 Supply and Demand of Membership ; 4.1.1 Discretionary Rules for GATT/WTO Accession ; 4.1.2 The Geopolitical Basis of the Multilateral Trade Regime ; 4.1.3 Examples of Accession Negotiations ; 4.2 Empirical Analysis of Entry into GATT/WTO ; 4.2.1 Data on GATT/WTO Application and Accession ; 4.2.2 Geopolitical Alignment and Trade Regime Membership ; 4.3 Conclusion

5. The OECD : More Than a Rich Country Club. 5.1 Vague Rules and Selective Enlargement ; 5.2 Selecting for Similar Type in the OECD ; 5.2.1 The OECD Accession Process ; 5.2.2 The Price of Admission ; 5.2.3 Why Bother? Understanding Demand for Membership ; 5.2.4 Seeking Status through Association ; 5.3 Common Features of the Like-Minded Club ; 5.4 Statistical Analysis of OECD Accession ; 5.5 Case Studies of OECD Accession ; 5.5.1 Mexico ; 5.5.2 Korea ; 5.5.3 Eastern Europe ; 5.6 Brazil as a Nonmember Partner ; 5.7 Conclusion

6. Japan's Multilateral Diplomacy. 6.1 Japan's Membership in International Organizations ; 6.2 Entry into International Society ; 6.2.1 Communicating with the World: UPU and ITU ; 6.2.2 International Bureau of Weights and Measures ; 6.3 Acting like a Great Power : Japan in the League of Nations ; 6.3.1 Joining the League ; 6.3.2 The International Labour Organization ; 6.3.3 Exiting the League and ILO ; 6.4 The Return to International Society ; 6.4.1 GATT Entry ; 6.4.2 OECD Entry ; 6.5 Leadership in East Asia ; 6.5.1 The Tale of Two Banks : ADB and AIIB ; 6.5.2 From Follower to Leader : Japan in TPP ; 6.6 Japan and the International Whaling Commission ; 6.7 Conclusion –

7. Club Politics in Regional Organizations. 7.1 Defining Regions ; 7.2 Evolving Membership Patterns ; 7.3 EU : The Security Prerequisite for Entry ; 7.4 ASEAN : Noninterference Elevated to Security Principle ; 7.5 The Missing Northeast Asian Regional Organization ; 7.6 Conclusions – 8. Exclusion from Universal Organizations. 8.1 The Political Logic of Exclusion ; 8.1.1 Gatekeeping over Sovereignty ; 8.1.2 Evaluating Conditions for Exclusion ; 8.2 Exclusion Mechanisms ; 8.2.1 Statistical Analysis of Accession to Universal Organizations ; 8.3 Korea ; 8.3.1 United Nations ; 8.4 Taiwan ; 8.4.1 World Health Organization ; 8.5 Palestine ; 8.5.1 UNESCO ; 8.6 Ostracism of South Africa under Apartheid ; 8.6.1 Expulsion from the UPU ; 8.7 Conclusion – 9. Revisiting Anarchical Society. 9.1 What We Have Learned ; 9.2 Geopolitical Discrimination and Cooperation ; 9.3 The Evolution of Cooperation.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780691247809

0691247803

OCLC:

1380463331