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The Elgar Companion to the OECD
This comprehensive Companion analyses the relevance of the OECD as a transnational policy-maker, idea broker, and standard-setter. Bringing together diverse disciplines and methodologies, it establishes the influence of the OECD on modern understandings of governance.
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This comprehensive Companion analyses the relevance of the OECD as a transnational policy-maker, idea broker, and standard-setter. Bringing together diverse disciplines and methodologies, it establishes the influence of the OECD on modern understandings of governance.
Through scholarly reviews and original empirical analyses, this Companion covers the evolution and structure of the OECD, its role in transnational policy-making, and its domestic impact. It consolidates work from disciplines including economics, social policy, history, international relations, and legal studies to critically analyse the concepts, methods, and tools of governance in global policy-making. Contributors explore the comparative impact of the OECD in developed and developing countries, the OECD’s work in various policy sectors, and emerging issues on the OECD’s agenda such as governance reform, cyber-security, and sustainability. Ultimately, the Companion advances inter-disciplinary knowledge of the OECD’s methods of governance and position in global politics.
Providing in-depth insight on the structure and impact of the OECD, The Elgar Companion to the OECD will be an authoritative and original reference text for scholars and students of global governance, international relations, political economy, and public policy. It will also be essential reading for practitioners seeking to better understand modern global governance and public policy.
Through scholarly reviews and original empirical analyses, this Companion covers the evolution and structure of the OECD, its role in transnational policy-making, and its domestic impact. It consolidates work from disciplines including economics, social policy, history, international relations, and legal studies to critically analyse the concepts, methods, and tools of governance in global policy-making. Contributors explore the comparative impact of the OECD in developed and developing countries, the OECD’s work in various policy sectors, and emerging issues on the OECD’s agenda such as governance reform, cyber-security, and sustainability. Ultimately, the Companion advances inter-disciplinary knowledge of the OECD’s methods of governance and position in global politics.
Providing in-depth insight on the structure and impact of the OECD, The Elgar Companion to the OECD will be an authoritative and original reference text for scholars and students of global governance, international relations, political economy, and public policy. It will also be essential reading for practitioners seeking to better understand modern global governance and public policy.
Critical Acclaim
‘The Elgar Companion to the OECD provides a comprehensive scholarly overview of one of our most important, yet relatively understudied, international organizations. The editors, De Francesco and Radaelli, have provided us with a great public good in assembling a stellar cast of contributors to discuss various dimensions of the OECD’s work and politics. This includes the organization’s claims to expertise, its relationship to other international organizations, how it conducts peer review and fosters benchmarking, and how it draws on a network of regulators. The contributors also provide a range of policy-focused chapters, including on education, environment, and taxation, among others. To identify not only how policies are made but received, the book provides a range of cases on the reception of OECD ideas, frames, and policies. It also identifies emerging issues, such as cybersecurity and the SDGs, that will prompt the OECD to adapt further. This is an excellent contribution for all those interested in international organizations, the crafting of economic policy, and key mechanisms of change in the international political economy.’
– Leonard Seabrooke, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark, and Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, Norway
‘The OECD represents one of the most policy-consequential and therefore frequently studied international organizations. Yet the scholarly debate on its policy consequences has been fragmented. With this masterfully edited volume, Fabrizio De Francesco and Claudio Radaelli make an important step forward in integrating the different literatures and producing accumulative knowledge.’
– Jale Tosun, Heidelberg University, Germany
– Leonard Seabrooke, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark, and Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, Norway
‘The OECD represents one of the most policy-consequential and therefore frequently studied international organizations. Yet the scholarly debate on its policy consequences has been fragmented. With this masterfully edited volume, Fabrizio De Francesco and Claudio Radaelli make an important step forward in integrating the different literatures and producing accumulative knowledge.’
– Jale Tosun, Heidelberg University, Germany
Contributors
Contributors include: Fayçal Ait Abdellouhab, Marco Amici, Denita Cepiku, Alice Chessé, Thomas Conzelmann, Anthony J.S. Craig, Fabrizio De Francesco, Mauricio I. Dussauge-Laguna, Sotiria Grek, Hadjiisky Magdaléna, Saltanat Janenova, Stefanie Khoury, Colin Knox, Matthias Kranke, Markku Lehtonen, Matthieu Leimgruber, Bob Lingard, Martin Marcussen, Leslie A. Pal, George Papaconstantinou, Fabiola O. Perales-Fernández, B. Guy Peters, Osmany Porto de Oliveira, Claudio M. Radaelli, Matthias Schmelzer, Diane Stone, Jarle Trondal, Francesca Pia Vantaggiato, Amy Verdun, David Whyte, Ulrike Zeigermann
