The (IM)Morality of international governmental organizations

Richard T. Cupitt, Rodney L. Whitlock and Lynn Williams Whitlock

International Interactions, 1995, vol. 21, issue 4, 389-404

Abstract: In this article, the authors apply standard population statistics to assess the durability of conventional international governmental organizations (IGOs) in the international system for the years 1865--1989. Following a brief discussion of IGOs and why institutions tend to persist (with examples from the literature on international relations, the U.S. bureaucracy, and international business), the authors examine infant mortality, average age at death, median age, the birth rate, and the death rate for conventional IGOs. The authors find that all of these measures vary considerably over time. The authors conclude that both neorealist and institutionalist expectations about the durability of international cooperation are realized in different eras, suggesting that both approaches are time‐bound and misspecify fundamental theoretical issues.

Date: 1995
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DOI: 10.1080/03050629608434874

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