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- Title
The International Authority Database.
- Authors
Zürn, Michael; Tokhi, Alexandros; Binder, Martin
- Abstract
International organizations (IOs) are perceived as increasingly important, yet also severely challenged actors in world politics. How authoritative are IOs, how do they exercise authority, and how has their authority evolved over time? The International Authority Database (IAD) offers a novel measure of IO authority built from several aspects of an IO's institutional design. We provide systematic data on how IOs exercise authority across seven policy functions, using a representative sample of 34 IOs, based on coding over 200 IO bodies, and covering the period 1920–2013. Empirical applications illustrate how the IAD advances our understanding of IOs in novel and important ways. Our data show that there is considerable variation in IO authority across policy functions as well as over time. The agenda‐setting average across all IOs in our sample scores highest, suggesting that IOs exercise the highest level of authority when policies are initiated.
- Subjects
DATABASES; EXERCISE; INTERNATIONAL agencies
- Publication
Global Policy, 2021, Vol 12, Issue 4, p430
- ISSN
1758-5880
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/1758-5899.12971