Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-26209
Publication type: Article in scientific journal
Type of review: Peer review (publication)
Title: How do international bureaucrats affect policy outputs? : studying administrative influence strategies in international organizations
Authors: Ege, Jörn
Bauer, Michael W.
Wagner, Nora
et. al: No
DOI: 10.1177/00208523211000109
10.21256/zhaw-26209
Published in: International Review of Administrative Sciences
Volume(Issue): 87
Issue: 4
Page(s): 737
Pages to: 754
Issue Date: 2021
Publisher / Ed. Institution: Sage
ISSN: 0020-8523
1461-7226
Language: English
Subjects: Bureaucratic influence; Global governance; International Labour Organization; International public administration; World Health Organization
Subject (DDC): 320: Politics
350: Public administration
Abstract: The article investigates how international public administrations, as corporate actors, influence policymaking within international organizations. Starting from a conception of international organizations as political-administrative systems, we theorize the strategies international bureaucrats may use to affect international organizations’ policies and the conditions under which these strategies vary. Building on a most-likely case design, we use process tracing to study two cases of bureaucratic influence: the influence of the secretariat of the World Health Organization on the “Global action plan for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases”; and the influence of the International Labour Office on the “Resolution concerning decent work in global supply chains”. We use interview material gathered from international public administration staff and stakeholders to illustrate varying influence strategies and the conditions under which these strategies are used. The study shows how and when international public administrations exert policy influence, and offers new opportunities to extend the generalizability of public administration theories.
URI: https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/26209
Fulltext version: Published version
License (according to publishing contract): CC BY-NC 4.0: Attribution - Non commercial 4.0 International
Departement: School of Management and Law
Organisational Unit: Institute of Public Management (IVM)
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Ege, J., Bauer, M. W., & Wagner, N. (2021). How do international bureaucrats affect policy outputs? : studying administrative influence strategies in international organizations. International Review of Administrative Sciences, 87(4), 737–754. https://doi.org/10.1177/00208523211000109
Ege, J., Bauer, M.W. and Wagner, N. (2021) ‘How do international bureaucrats affect policy outputs? : studying administrative influence strategies in international organizations’, International Review of Administrative Sciences, 87(4), pp. 737–754. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/00208523211000109.
J. Ege, M. W. Bauer, and N. Wagner, “How do international bureaucrats affect policy outputs? : studying administrative influence strategies in international organizations,” International Review of Administrative Sciences, vol. 87, no. 4, pp. 737–754, 2021, doi: 10.1177/00208523211000109.
EGE, Jörn, Michael W. BAUER und Nora WAGNER, 2021. How do international bureaucrats affect policy outputs? : studying administrative influence strategies in international organizations. International Review of Administrative Sciences. 2021. Bd. 87, Nr. 4, S. 737–754. DOI 10.1177/00208523211000109
Ege, Jörn, Michael W. Bauer, and Nora Wagner. 2021. “How Do International Bureaucrats Affect Policy Outputs? : Studying Administrative Influence Strategies in International Organizations.” International Review of Administrative Sciences 87 (4): 737–54. https://doi.org/10.1177/00208523211000109.
Ege, Jörn, et al. “How Do International Bureaucrats Affect Policy Outputs? : Studying Administrative Influence Strategies in International Organizations.” International Review of Administrative Sciences, vol. 87, no. 4, 2021, pp. 737–54, https://doi.org/10.1177/00208523211000109.


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