Transgovernmental Networks and Cooperation in the Global South

Transgovernmental Networks and Cooperation in the Global South

Why do bureaucrats from developing countries cooperate internationally? I argue that international inter-agency cooperation in the Global South results from the need of expert bureaucrats to invest in skill formation when governments do not. When states cut funding, expert bureaucrats cooperate with...

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Autor principal: ALCAÑIZ,ISABELLA
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Instituto de Ciencia Política 2016
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transgovernmental cooperation
social network analysis
skills
state
expert bureaucrats
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spelling oai:scielo:S0718-090X20160003000022017-02-13Transgovernmental Networks and Cooperation in the Global SouthALCAÑIZ,ISABELLA transgovernmental cooperation social network analysis skills state expert bureaucrats Why do bureaucrats from developing countries cooperate internationally? I argue that international inter-agency cooperation in the Global South results from the need of expert bureaucrats to invest in skill formation when governments do not. When states cut funding, expert bureaucrats cooperate with foreign peers to upgrade their skillsets because career advancement is contingent on up-to-date expertise. To test my theory, I use cross-national co-sponsorship data of projects in nuclear energy, science and technology (NEST) for 69 countries (1980-2008). Results show that bureaucrats cooperate internationally when government spending decreases and that cooperation is more likely to occur among bureaucrats with higher initial skill levels and similar levels of professional development (i.e. homophily). These findings carry implications for the study of global governance in the developing world.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessPontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Instituto de Ciencia PolíticaRevista de ciencia política (Santiago) v.36 n.3 20162016-12-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-090X2016000300002en10.4067/S0718-090X2016000300002
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topic transgovernmental cooperation
social network analysis
skills
state
expert bureaucrats
spellingShingle transgovernmental cooperation
social network analysis
skills
state
expert bureaucrats
ALCAÑIZ,ISABELLA
Transgovernmental Networks and Cooperation in the Global South
description Why do bureaucrats from developing countries cooperate internationally? I argue that international inter-agency cooperation in the Global South results from the need of expert bureaucrats to invest in skill formation when governments do not. When states cut funding, expert bureaucrats cooperate with foreign peers to upgrade their skillsets because career advancement is contingent on up-to-date expertise. To test my theory, I use cross-national co-sponsorship data of projects in nuclear energy, science and technology (NEST) for 69 countries (1980-2008). Results show that bureaucrats cooperate internationally when government spending decreases and that cooperation is more likely to occur among bureaucrats with higher initial skill levels and similar levels of professional development (i.e. homophily). These findings carry implications for the study of global governance in the developing world.
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title Transgovernmental Networks and Cooperation in the Global South
title_short Transgovernmental Networks and Cooperation in the Global South
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title_full_unstemmed Transgovernmental Networks and Cooperation in the Global South
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publisher Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Instituto de Ciencia Política
publishDate 2016
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