Boolean Analysis, Mechanisms, and the Study of Regime Effectiveness

2004 ◽  
pp. 87-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olav Schram Stokke
Keyword(s):  
Regime Effectiveness

scholarly journals Mapping the Trade and Environment Nexus: Insights from a New Data Set

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 122-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Frédéric Morin ◽  
Andreas Dür ◽  
Lisa Lechner
Keyword(s):  
Institutional Design ◽  
Trade Agreements ◽  
Original Data ◽  
Policy Innovation ◽  
Import Competition ◽  
Environmental Standards ◽  
Trade And Environment ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Regime Effectiveness ◽  
Environment And Trade

Environment and trade are increasingly linked through preferential trade agreements. Despite the encompassing nature of environmental provisions in trade agreements, studies on causes and consequences of the trade and environment linkage are scarce. A main cause hindering research in this area is the lack of data. In this research note, we introduce an original data set (TREND) on environmental provisions found in 630 trade agreements signed between 1947 and 2016—the most comprehensive data set in terms of both variables coded and agreements covered. We illustrate the data set’s usefulness by assessing the question of why countries include environmental provisions in trade agreements. Are trade negotiations opportunities to promote stringent environmental standards? Or are environmental provisions window dressing covering protectionist interests? We find evidence that democracies, countries that face import competition, and countries that care about the environment are more likely to include environmental provisions in trade agreements. The database is of particular relevance for research on international institutional design, policy innovation, regime complexity, policy diffusion, and regime effectiveness.

scholarly journals The Concept of Regime `Effectiveness'

1992 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 227-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
ARILD UNDERDAL
Keyword(s):  
Regime Effectiveness

EFFECTIVENESS OF ENVIRONMENTAL TREATIES: TREND ANALYSIS OF TREATY-BASED ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS

2005 ◽  
Vol 07 (03) ◽  
pp. 493-541 ◽  
Author(s):  
CHENAZ B. SEELARBOKUS
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Time Series Data ◽  
International Environmental Agreements ◽  
Environmental Indicators ◽  
Series Data ◽  
Regime Effectiveness ◽  
Global Environmental ◽  
Data Limitations ◽  
Environmental Effectiveness

The literature on environmental regime effectiveness has shown a predilection for behaviour modification studies, whereby effectiveness is associated with a change in the behaviour of relevant actors. There has not been a systematic endeavour to link the implementation of international environmental agreements (IEAs) with improvement in environmental conditions. This article shifts away from the paradigm of behavioural analysis and focuses instead on linking IEA effectiveness with positive environmental changes in treaty-based environmental effectiveness indicators. Thirty-four treaty texts have been analysed to determine potential environmental indicators, and treaty secretariats have been contacted to collect time-series data on the selected indicators. Based on data gathered, trend lines are established for the environmental indicators to depict changes in related global environmental conditions. The results of this exercise show that viewing IEA effectiveness from the environmental modification perspective is promising, though there are serious data limitations still to be overcome.

Beyond the “Keystone” CoPs: The Ecology of Institutional Governance in Conservation Treaty Regimes

2013 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Bowman
Keyword(s):  
Complex Systems ◽  
Biological Systems ◽  
Ecosystem Approach ◽  
Institutional Arrangements ◽  
Scientific Understanding ◽  
Institutional Governance ◽  
Regime Effectiveness ◽  
Crucial Element ◽  
Conservation Policies ◽  
Natural Processes

Abstract The effectiveness of conservation treaty regimes plainly depends heavily on the extent to which they are informed by developing scientific understanding of the principles which govern the operation of biological systems and natural processes generally. As a result, the “ecosystem approach” has become a crucial element in the substantive conservation policies which underpin such regimes. There is an emerging view, however, that the principles which determine the essential robustness, stability and productivity of biological systems may actually be applicable to complex systems of any kind, including those of an institutional character. Accordingly, it may be instructive to have regard to such principles when devising the institutional arrangements which indisputably represent another crucial element of regime effectiveness. This article explores the relevance of such matters in relation to the structures, attributes and commitments with which such arrangements will need to be invested if their respective regimes are to flourish.

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