1. Connecting International Relations and Public Administration: Toward A Joint Research Agenda for the Study of International Bureaucracy
- Author
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Julia Fleischer and Nina Reiners
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International relations ,021110 strategic, defence & security studies ,media_common.quotation_subject ,05 social sciences ,Geography, Planning and Development ,0211 other engineering and technologies ,02 engineering and technology ,Public administration ,0506 political science ,Joint research ,Political science ,Political Science and International Relations ,050602 political science & public administration ,Bureaucracy ,media_common - Abstract
The recent debate on administrative bodies in international organizations has brought forward multiple theoretical perspectives, analytical frameworks, and methodological approaches. Despite these efforts to advance knowledge on these actors, the research program on international public administrations (IPAs) has missed out on two important opportunities: reflection on scholarship in international relations (IR) and public administration and synergies between these disciplinary perspectives. Against this backdrop, the essay is a discussion of the literature on IPAs in IR and public administration. We found influence, authority, and autonomy of international bureaucracies have been widely addressed and helped to better understand the agency of such non-state actors in global policy-making. Less attention has been given to the crucial macro-level context of politics for administrative bodies, despite the importance in IR and public administration scholarship. We propose a focus on agency and politics as future avenues for a comprehensive, joint research agenda for international bureaucracies.
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- 2021