Mechanisms of OECD Governance

International Incentives for National Policy-Making?
Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-0-19-959114-5
Verlag: OUP UK

Buch, Englisch, 310 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 631 g

This volume is devoted to the analysis of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and its role in international and national policy making. On its 50th anniversary, the OECD enjoys widely acknowledged international standing. Despite this, it has so far remained a rarely researched and analyzed organization. This book is thus a pioneering work: it fills a long-overdue gap in presenting a theoretically guided and empirically rich analysis of
the OECD as a political actor. It explores its role in political processes through various case studies in a variety of policy fields. By conceptualizing the contributions to this volume around the concept of mechanisms of governance, it explores how and to what extent the OECD provides international
incentives for national policy making. The volume collects a set of ten contributions on the OECD and its activities in core fields of its commitment as an 'economic organization', such as economic and labor market policy, tax issues, finance or financial crime, but also in complementary fields in which the organization is active today despite its original economic focus, such as education, biotechnology, health, family issues, and migration. The case studies presented in this volume are an
interdisciplinary collection from different academic perspectives, including political science, international relations, law, and organization studies. The book provides a current and wide-ranging analysis of this organization including its constraints and opportunities in policy making.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Martens, Kerstin

Jakobi, Anja P.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Internationale Organisationen und Institutionen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables and Figures
List of Abbreviations
Notes on Contributors
Acknowledgements by the Editors
Angel Gurría: Preface by the OECD Secretary-General
1: Kerstin Martens & Anja P. Jakobi: Introduction: The OECD as an Actor in International Politics
2: Morten Ougaard: The OECD's Global Role: Agenda Setting and Policy Diffusion
Part I: Core Areas of OECD Activity
3: Richard Woodward: The OECD and Economic Governance: Invisibility and Impotence?
4: Robert T. Kudrle: Tax Policy in the OECD: Soft Governance Gets Harder
5: Tony Porter: The OECD and Global Finance: The Governance of New Issues: New Actors and New Financial Frontiers
6: Kerstin Jacobsson & Niklas Noaksson: From Deregulation to Flexicurity? The Makeover of the OECD Jobs Strategy
7: Anja P. Jakobi: The OECD and Crime: The Fight Against Corruption and Money Laundering
Part II: Complementary Areas of OECD Activities
8: Anja P. Jakobi & Kerstin Martens: Expanding and Intensifying Governance:The OECD in Education Policy
9: Alexandra Kaasch: A New Global Health Actor? The OECD's Careful Guidance of National Health Care Systems
10: Rianne Mahon: Learning, Forgetting, Rediscovering: Producing the OECD's 'New' Family Policy
11: Monique Centrone: The OECD as Ideas Diffuser: The Growth of the Global Biotechnology Industry
12: Janna Teltemann: The Activities of the OECD in International Migration: How to become a Relevant Actor in an Emerging Policy Field
13: Anja P. Jakobi & Kerstin Martens: Conclusion: Findings, Implications and Outlook of OECD Governance 490
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Kerstin Martens is an Associate Professor of International Relations at the University of Bremen, Germany. Her research interests include international organizations, soft governance, and education policy.

Anja P. Jakobi is a Senior Researcher at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF/HSFK). Her main research interests are world politics, international organizations and global political change, in particular in the fields of security, crime, education and social policy.