Journalartikel

Autorenliste: Breitmeier, H; Underdal, A; Young, OR

Jahr der Veröffentlichung: 2011

Seiten: 579-605

Zeitschrift: International Studies Review

Bandnummer: 13

Heftnummer: 4

ISSN: 1521-9488

eISSN: 1468-2486

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2486.2011.01045.x

Verlag: Oxford University Press

Abstract: 
This article uses quantitative methods to deepen and broaden our
understanding of the factors that determine the effectiveness of
international regimes. To do so, we compare and contrast the findings
resulting from two major projects: the Oslo-Seattle Project and the
International Regimes Database Project. The evidence from these projects
sheds considerable light on the determinants of regime effectiveness in
the environmental realm. Clearly, regimes do make a difference. By
combining models and data from the two projects, we are able to move
beyond this general proposition to explore the significance of a number
individual determinants of effectiveness, including the distribution of
power, the roles of pushers and laggards, the effects of decision rules,
the depth and density of regime rules, and the extent of knowledge of
the relevant problem. We show how important insights emerge not only
from the use of statistical procedures to separate the effects
of individual variables but also from the application of alternative
techniques, such as Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA), designed to
identify combinations of factors that operate together to
determine the effectiveness of regimes. We use our results to identify a
number of opportunities for additional research featuring quantitative
analyses of regime effectiveness. Our goal is not to displace
traditional qualitative methods in this field of study. Rather, we seek
to sharpen a set of quantitative tools that can be joined together with
the extensive body of qualitative studies of environmental regimes to
strengthen our ability both to identify patterns in regime effectiveness
and to explore the causal mechanisms that give rise to these patterns.

Harvard-Zitierstil: Breitmeier, H., Underdal, A. and Young, O. (2011) The Effectiveness of International Environmental Regimes: Comparing and Contrasting Findings from Quantitative Research, International Studies Review, 13(4), pp. 579-605. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2486.2011.01045.x

APA-Zitierstil: Breitmeier, H., Underdal, A., & Young, O. (2011). The Effectiveness of International Environmental Regimes: Comparing and Contrasting Findings from Quantitative Research. International Studies Review. 13(4), 579-605. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2486.2011.01045.x