Transnational public-private governance initiatives in world politics: Introducing a new dataset

Oliver Westerwinter ()
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Oliver Westerwinter: University of St. Gallen

The Review of International Organizations, 2021, vol. 16, issue 1, No 5, 137-174

Abstract: Abstract This article introduces a new dataset on transnational public-private governance initiatives (TGIs) in world politics. TGIs are institutions in which states and/or intergovernmental organizations cooperate with business and civil society actors to govern transnational problems. Thus, they are a special type of transnational public-private partnership. TGIs have flourished since the late 1990s and, today, govern a broad range of global policy domains, including environmental protection, human rights, health, trade, finance, and security. Yet, existing research lacks the data necessary to map this phenomenon and its variation along dimensions, such as issue areas, governance functions, participation, and institutional design. The Transnational Public-Private Governance Initiatives in World Politics (TGIWP) data is designed for this purpose. It contains detailed information on the scope, functions, participants, and institutional design of 636 TGIs created between 1885 and 2017. I describe the sample generation and discuss coding rules. I also map the proliferation and characteristics of TGIs, and provide an exploratory analysis of the relationship between state participation in TGIs and domestic democracy to show how the new data contributes to enhancing ongoing debates in international relations. The article concludes by discussing how the new dataset may be useful in future research on global governance.

Keywords: Transnational public-private governance initiatives; Global governance; Institutional design; Data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F50 F53 F55 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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