Download full text
(external source)
Citation Suggestion
Please use the following Persistent Identifier (PID) to cite this document:
https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v4i3.566
Exports for your reference manager
Emerging Governance Architectures in Global Health: Do Metagovernance Norms Explain Inter-Organisational Convergence?
[journal article]
Abstract This paper proposes a theoretical account of institutional transformation and the emergence of order in global interorganisational relations, which is centred on the concept of "metagovernance”. It does so by theorising on the advent of governance architectures in global health governance—relationsh... view more
This paper proposes a theoretical account of institutional transformation and the emergence of order in global interorganisational relations, which is centred on the concept of "metagovernance”. It does so by theorising on the advent of governance architectures in global health governance—relationships between international organisations (IOs) in this field that are stable over time. Global health governance is routinely portrayed as an exceptionally fragmented field of international cooperation with a perceived lack of synergy and choreography between international and
transnational organisations. However, our paper starts from the observation that there are also movements of convergence between IOs. We seek to explain these by looking at the effects of international norms that define good global governance as orderly and harmonised global governance. We conceptualize such norms as “metagovernance norms” that are enacted in reflexive practices which govern and order the relationships between IOs. Empirically, this
paper traces changing interactions and institutional arrangements between IOs (World Health Organization; World Bank; Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance; and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria) in global health
governance since the late 1940s and shows how patterns therein reflect and (re)produce broader discursive perceptions of what “health” is about and how the governance thereof ought to be organised. (auhtor's abstract)... view less
Keywords
international relations; non-governmental organization; social norm; international regime; adherence to norms; historical development; setting of norms; health policy; international cooperation; organizational behavior; global governance; health care; health care services; international organization; health
Classification
International Relations, International Politics, Foreign Affairs, Development Policy
Health Policy
Document language
English
Publication Year
2016
Page/Pages
p. 5-19
Journal
Politics and Governance, 4 (2016) 3
Issue topic
Supranational Institutions and Governance in an Era of Uncertain Norms
ISSN
2183-2463
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution