POLI 345 Lecture Notes - Thought Experiment, Organizational Culture, Path Dependence
15 Dec 2013
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Predicting what would happen to a country without knowing any details as to the country"s circumstance when implementing policies i. e. implementing a structure of government. Measuring gdp, gnp to predict economic trends. Mirroring the rest of the world and un organizational structure. Sets of norms and practices set by the un are infused across the world as frameworks for ideal states. Barnett and finnemore: ios are purposive agents. Hierarchy: division of labor, chain of command. Impersonality: chain of authority not determined by who you are- but by position you hold. Conceiving ios as bureaucracies helps understand their: Authority: built on expertise, neutrality bc of impersonality. Goals: ideas suggested by ios themselves, not states, ensure survival and accomplish goals set out at creation (conflicting) Bureaucratic culture: actor"s rationality is shaped by organizational culture i. e. world bank cpia. Source of state interests: ios present and share new principles among states through diplomats.
