The Climate Change Regime Complex

Abstract In an era defined by forum shopping, institutional proliferation, and regime complexity, why do global governance arrangements remain relatively stable? This article combines the insights of regime complexity scholarship with historical institutionalism to address this question. It argues that the establishment of international regimes creates winners and losers. States dissatisfied with these arrangements push for institutional change. Regimes nonetheless tend to develop in a path-dependent manner because institutions are resistant to change and the winners under the status quo seek to protect it. Thus, existing governance arrangements exert a centripetal pull, even when states engage in forum shopping and institutional proliferation to generate regime complexity. An examination of path-dependent institutional development in the global climate regime supports the argument.

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What Changes for the Constitutional Court with the New Russian Constitution?

Russian Politics ◽

10.30965/24518921-00601003 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 27-49

Author(s):

Ivan S. Grigoriev

Keyword(s):

Political System ◽

Institutional Development ◽

Status Quo ◽

The Political ◽

Constitutional Court ◽

Locus Standi ◽

The Status ◽

Russian Constitution ◽

International Obligations

Abstract Of the 206 amendments introduced to the Russian constitution and adopted on July 1, 2020, 24 deal directly with the Constitutional Court, its organization, functioning, and the role it plays in the political system. Compared to many other, these are also rather precise and detailed, ranging from the number of judges on the bench, their nomination and dismissal, to the Court’s inner procedures, new locus standi limitations, and the primacy of the Constitution over Russia’s international obligations. Most changes only reproduce amendments brought to the secondary legislation over the last twenty years, and are therefore meant to preserve the status quo rather than change anything significantly. At the same time, a number of amendments aim at politicizing and instrumentalizing the Court for the president’s benefit, marking a significant departure from the previous institutional development.

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Alternative governance arrangements for modular water infrastructure: An exploratory review

Competition and Regulation in Network Industries ◽

10.1177/1783591718814426 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 19 (1-2) ◽

pp. 53-68 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Katrin Pakizer ◽

Eva Lieberherr

Keyword(s):

Water Governance ◽

Policy Instruments ◽

Analytical Framework ◽

Status Quo ◽

Urban Water ◽

Modular Systems ◽

The Status ◽

Formal Policy ◽

Underlying Mechanisms ◽

Governance Arrangements

This article presents an exploratory review of alternative governance arrangements for modular systems in the urban water sector in terms of policy instruments, organizational structure, and underlying mechanisms. We develop an analytical framework to review the literature on alternative arrangements for innovative technologies. The preliminary results highlight the importance of governmental involvement and formal policy instruments to ensure public and environmental health in the context of modular water infrastructures. This is in line with the status quo of conventional water governance arrangements. However, the findings also suggest that informal instruments supplement the formal ones and that instead of political-administrative accountability more horizontal mechanisms, such as answerability toward citizens and consumers, play an important role in the context of new water technologies.

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Policy and institutional enablers of public–private partnerships in the electricity sector in Uganda: a multi-level and path dependence perspective

International Journal of Public Sector Management ◽

10.1108/ijpsm-01-2020-0026 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 34 (1) ◽

pp. 51-70

Author(s):

Moses Onyoin ◽

Christopher Bovis

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Path Dependence ◽

Policy Instruments ◽

Institutional Development ◽

Electricity Sector ◽

Public Private Partnerships ◽

Content Type ◽

Role Of The State ◽

The Status ◽

Path Dependent

PurposeThis paper explains the evident disproportionality in the levels of adoption of the modality of public–private partnerships (PPPs) in Uganda by tracing the peculiar preconditions and enablers of the model's relative high adoption in the electricity sector.Design/methodology/approachKey conceptual suggestions from historical institutionalism (HI), critical juncture and path dependence are used to orient the data collection and analysis. The direct experiences and perceptions of key informants involved in policy, regulation and operations in the electricity sector are thematically analyzed.FindingsThe primacy of specific policy, institutional decisions and actions sequentially undertaken at the international, national and sectorial levels in shaping the conceivability and possibility of PPP modality is foregrounded. In particular, international advisory for the changed role of the state and the government's subsequent decision to enact and reenact specific institutional frameworks at the national and sectorial levels created important disruptions to the status quo and paved a new and relatively stable institutional path conducive for private sector participation.Research limitations/implicationsTheoretically, the paper demonstrates the ability and power of HI to support the exploration and framing of multilevel and path-dependent explanations of institutional development and policy adoption. Practically, suggestions in terms of policy, legal and regulatory enablers for the adoption of PPP are made to shape practitioners' decision-makingPractical implicationsPractically, suggestions in terms of policy, legal and regulatory enablers for the adoption of PPP are made to shape practitioners' decision-making.Originality/valueThe importance of considering factor combinations and sequences in explaining the emergence, adoption and proliferation of public policy instruments and phenomena is underscored. In addition, the discourse on PPPs is moved beyond rationalization on how to even out their adoption (and subsequently the associated benefits) across sectors.

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