Regime Consequences

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-2

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2. The Consequences of International Regimes

   1. The Consequences of International Regimes

      • Oran Young

      Pages 3-23

3. Simple Effectiveness

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 25-25

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   2. Methodological Challenges in the Study of Regime Effectiveness

      • Arild Underdal

      Pages 27-48

   3. Case Studies of the Effectiveness of International Environmental Regimes

      • Steinar Andresen, Jørgen Wettestad

      Pages 49-69

   4. Causal Mechanisms and the Study of International Environmental Regimes

      • Jon Hovi

      Pages 71-86

   5. Boolean Analysis, Mechanisms, and the Study of Regime Effectiveness

      • Olav Schram Stokke

      Pages 87-119

   6. A Quantitative Approach to Evaluating International Environmental Regimes

      • Ronald B. Mitchell

      Pages 121-149

   7. Formal Theory and Regime Effectiveness: Rational Players, Irrational Regimes

      • Hugh Ward, Grank Grundig, Ethan Zorick

      Pages 151-182

   8. Does Regime Robustness Require a Fair Distribution of the Gains from Cooperation?

      • Andreas Hasenclever, Peter Mayer, Volker Rittberger

      Pages 183-216

4. Broader Consequences

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 217-217

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   2. Methodological Issues in the Study of Broader Consequences

      • Thomas Gehring

      Pages 219-246

   3. Exploring Regime Interaction

      • Thomas Gehring, Sebastian Oberthür

      Pages 247-279

   4. International Regimes and Democracy

      • Helmut Breitmeier

      Pages 281-306

   5. Into the Methodological Void

      • Gregor Walter, Michael Zürn

      Pages 307-333

   6. Regimes and Social Transformation

      • Barry B. Hughes

      Pages 335-358

5. Conclusion

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 359-359

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   2. Research Strategies for the Future

      • Arild Underdal, Oran R. Young

      Pages 361-380

6. Back Matter

   Pages 381-394

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This volume has a long and distinguished pedigree. It is the product of an effort to devise clear and unambiguous methods for demonstrating that international regimes make a difference stretching back at least to the early 1990s. What has transpired in the meantime is the development of a suite of useful techniques of analysis rather than the creation of a single, correct methodology for use in this field of study. Our assumption is that we can be relatively confident regarding assessments of the consequences of individual regimes when those employing a variety of methods converge on the same conclusions. When different methods yield divergent conclusions, on the other hand, we can take this as a signal that more work is needed to arrive at convincing judgments regarding the consequences of the regimes in question. Along the way, we came to understand that there is an important distinction between what we describe in this book as simple effectiveness and broader consequences. Most analyses of the effectiveness of international regimes focus on individual cases and seek to assess the performance of regimes on a case-by-case basis. This is entirely understandable. Yet it is now clear that individual regimes not only interact with one another but also operate in and affect broader settings. The study of these broader consequences is less mature than research on the effectiveness of individual regimes.

• Nation
• democracy
• environment
• transformation

• University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

  Arild Underdal

• University of California, Santa Barbara, USA

  Oran R. Young

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