Forum: The Why and How of Global Governors: Relational Agency in World Politics

IF 3.1 1区社会学 Q1 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

International Studies Review Pub Date : 2022-11-26 DOI:10.1093/isr/viac054

Matthias Hofferberth, Daniel Lambach, Martin Koch, Anna Holzscheiter, Maryam Zarnegar Deloffre, Nina Reiners, Karsten Ronit

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Abstract

Scholars of world politics can readily list the global governors of our time, but why and how did these particular actors gain agency in the first place? While there is impressive scholarship on single global governors and their respective impact, there is little comparative work and systematic theorization on what agency in world politics is and how actors gain it. This forum brings together contributions that apply relational frameworks to the question, focusing on the dynamics of self-agentification, delegation, and recognition. Individual contributions detail different empirical cases, from individuals to the G20, and introduce concepts for meso-level theorizing. Taken together, the contributions call for a more dynamic research agenda that not only allows scholars to reconstruct how agency emerges but also pushes us toward an agency-focused reframing of global governance, which is needed to ensure the continued relevance of the paradigm.

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论坛:全球管理者的原因和方式:世界政治中的关系代理

研究世界政治的学者们可以很容易地列出我们这个时代的全球统治者，但这些特定的行动者为什么以及如何首先获得代理权?虽然关于单个全球统治者及其各自影响的学术研究令人印象深刻，但关于世界政治中的代理是什么以及行动者如何获得代理的比较研究和系统理论却很少。本论坛汇集了将关系框架应用于该问题的贡献，重点关注自我代理、授权和认可的动态。个人贡献详细介绍了从个人到G20的不同经验案例，并介绍了中观理论的概念。综上所述，这些贡献呼吁建立一个更有活力的研究议程，不仅允许学者重建机构是如何出现的，而且还推动我们走向一个以机构为中心的全球治理重构，这是确保范式持续相关性所必需的。

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International Studies Review Multiple-

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6.70

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9.10%

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期刊介绍： The International Studies Review (ISR) provides a window on current trends and research in international studies worldwide. Published four times a year, ISR is intended to help: (a) scholars engage in the kind of dialogue and debate that will shape the field of international studies in the future, (b) graduate and undergraduate students understand major issues in international studies and identify promising opportunities for research, and (c) educators keep up with new ideas and research. To achieve these objectives, ISR includes analytical essays, reviews of new books, and a forum in each issue. Essays integrate scholarship, clarify debates, provide new perspectives on research, identify new directions for the field, and present insights into scholarship in various parts of the world.