In person icon Innovations in Research on International Organizations: Representation, Discrimination and Power Dynamics

Abstract

This panel investigates how institutional arrangements and procedures in IOs favor or disadvantage different key actors, such as more or less powerful states, affected groups, or individuals. This panel therefore focuses on the role of IOs as producers of global inequalities and social stratification and sites in which discrimination is reproduced and legitimized. It asks: It asks how stakeholders gain access, how experts are appointed, and how formal voting rules and organizational cultures affect decision-making and the distribution of resources.

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