'mechanisms Of Oecd Governance' Analyses The Influential But Under-studied Organisation For Economic Co-operation And Development (oecd). It Explores Its Role In Political Processes Through Various Case Studies In A Variety Of Policy Fields And Provides A Current And Wide-ranging Analysis Of This Organization. Introduction : The Oecd As An Actor In International Politics / Kerstin Martins & Anja P. Jakobi -- The Oecd's Global Role : Agenda-setting And Policy Diffusion / Morten Ougaard -- Pt. I. Core Areas Of Oecd Activity. The Oecd And Economic Governance : Invisibility And Impotence? / Richard Woodward -- Tax Policy In The Oecd : Soft Governance Gets Harder / Robert T. Kudrle -- The Oecd And Global Finance : The Governance Of New Issues, New Actors, And New Financial Frontiers / Tony Porter -- From Deregulation To Flexicurity? The Makeover Of The Oecd Jobs Strategy / Kerstin Jacobsson & Niklas Noaksson -- The Oecd And Crime : The Fight Against Corruption And Money Laundering / Anja P. Jakobi -- Pt. Ii. Complementary Areas Of Oecd Activities. Expanding And Intensifying Governance : The Oecd In Education Policy / Anja P. Jakobi & Kerstin Martens -- A New Global Health Actor? The Oecd's Careful Guidance Of National Health Care Systems / Alexandra Kaasch -- Learning, Forgetting, Rediscovering : Producing The Oecd's New Family Policy / Rianne Mahon -- The Oecd As Ideas Diffuser : The Growth Of The Global Biotechnology Industry / Monique Centrone -- The Activities Of The Oecd In International Migration : How To Become A Relevant Actor In An Emerging Policy Field / Janna Teltemann -- Conclusion : Findings, Implications, And Outlook Of Oecd Governance / Anja P. Jakobi & Kerstin Martens. Edited By Kerstin Martens, Anja P. Jakobi. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

Martens, Kerstin, Jakobi, Anja P.

IRL Press at Oxford University Press

Oxford Institute for Energy Studies

German Historical Institute London

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

1, 2010

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This volume is devoted to the analysis of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and its role in international and national policy making. On its 50th anniversary, the OECD enjoys widely acknowledged international standing. Despite this, it has so far remained a rarely researched and analyzed organization. This book is thus a pioneering work: it fills a long-overdue gap in presenting a theoretically guided and empirically rich analysis of the OECD as a political actor. It explores its role in political processes through various case studies in a variety of policy fields. By conceptualizing the contributions to this volume around the concept of mechanisms of governance, it explores how and to what extent the OECD provides international incentives for national policy making. The volume collects a set of ten contributions on the OECD and its activities in core fields of its commitment as an 'economic organization', such as economic and labor market policy, tax issues, finance or financial crime, but also in complementary fields in which the organization is active today despite its original economic focus, such as education, biotechnology, health, family issues, and migration. The case studies presented in this volume are an interdisciplinary collection from different academic perspectives, including political science, international relations, law, and organization studies. The book provides a current and wide-ranging analysis of this organization including its constraints and opportunities in policy making.-- Provided by Publisher

xv, 292 p. : 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index

2023-06-28