PSCI 3328 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: At&T Stadium, Private Good, United States Energy Independence
Document Summary
Obstacles to cooperation that occur when actors have incentives to collaborate but each acts in anticipation that others will pay the costs of cooperation. Solving through collective action framework: decrease group size to increase costs of free riding, repeated interactions among actors allow for reciprocal punishment and monitoring. International institutions can play a major role in solving collective action problems by structuring interactions. Role of institutions: reduce contracting costs, provide focal costs, enhance information and credibility, monitor compliance, assist in sanctioning deviant behavior. What is regime in this context: the regime is the set international agreements intended to promote cooperate on climate change, not regime as in type of government, human rights regime. What is complex in this context: complex as in at&t stadium, large grounds with many structures, a facility. Regime complex describes a set of related but independent agreements made between actors at all levels and with varying inclusivity (sub-state, national, bilateral, small-n- lateral, global)
