The first is that we shouldn’t exaggerate agency or reify authority as a property of organizational types. A lot of activity in the world economy that IPE studies concerns agreement over what is appropriate knowledge for governance tools. This occurs via forms of enactment. [2/4]
Second, these forms of enactment are increasingly affirmed across organizational types. A private foundation releases a study in issue X, which is then referred to as best practice by an intergovernmental organization, an NGO, a firm, and a global professional service firm. [3/4]
We should pay attention to recursive recognition in how governance tools are made, including how they reinforce asymmetries in governing, including issues of gender, race, & climate explored by others in the issue [4/4] @Prof_JPSingh @MahaRafiAtal @MatPaterson @ElisabethPruegl
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