6 results on '"Bondanella, Stacy"'
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2. The Conditional Effects of State Attributes on Interest Convergence of IGO Member States.
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Bondanella, Stacy
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INTERNATIONAL agencies , *ECONOMIC convergence , *DYADIC communication , *REFERENCE groups , *GROSS domestic product - Abstract
This paper asks how state attributes affect the degree to which two states' interests converge as a result of interaction within intergovernmental organizations (IGOs). My previous research provides evidence that more interaction within IGOs is associated with greater interest convergence over time. However, not all pairs of states are expected to experience the same degree of convergence. In this paper, I propose that different types of similarity between two states can make state agents predisposed to the acceptance of new ideas from one another and thus enhance the degree to which intra-IGO interaction may lead to state interest convergence. Dyadic attributes hypothesized to condition the effects of interaction on interest convergence include regime type similarity and common culture. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2009
3. IGOs and the Determinants of Member State Interest Convergence.
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Bondanella, Stacy M.
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INTERGOVERNMENTAL cooperation , *PUBLIC administration , *SOCIALIZATION , *SOCIAL norms , *U.S. states - Abstract
This paper presents a general theory of how the interaction of state agents within a number of intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) leads to a convergence in member state interests over time. The theory is based on the notion that, all else being equal, IGOs that facilitate more interaction between state agents from various states are conducive to greater member state interest convergence over time because there are more opportunities for agents from one or more member states to persuade agents from other member states to accept new ideas that affect how they, and ultimately key decision-makers, define their states' interests. I argue that such persuasion does not necessarily have to involve a shift in state identities, but can also involve a diffusion of ideas about cause-and-effect relationships. Also, by focusing on IGOs as structures within which state agents interact, I argue against a narrow focus on socialization as the induction of new members into community norms. I present three hypotheses regarding which institutional attributes are conducive to member state interest convergence. However, due to current data limitations, only one of the hypotheses is tested in this paper. The test of whether joint membership in IGOs with six or fewer members is conducive to member state interest convergence provides preliminary support for that hypothesis. The paper concludes with a discussion of the larger project, including a brief description of the data that is currently being coded for testing of the other hypotheses. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2008
4. Domestic Institutions and Embedded Liberalism.
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Bondanella, Stacy M.
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LIBERALISM , *WELFARE state , *ADJUSTMENT costs , *PUBLIC spending , *EXPORTS , *IMPORTS , *INTERNATIONAL trade - Abstract
This paper asks whether domestic electoral institutions mediate the effect of increased trade on welfare state spending. According to Ruggie (1982), the advanced industrial states accomplished trade liberalization in the post-WWII period by offsetting domestic adjustment costs with certain domestic policies aimed at achieving public support for free trade. However, many scholars have found that the relationship between increased trade and welfare state spending is weak at best. Hays, Ehrlich, & Peinhardt (2005) argue that these findings are an artifact of poor operationalization of the key concepts. Rather than looking only at trade openness, which is based on both exports and imports, they advocate examining the effect of imports on government spending since the costs of greater free trade are mainly borne by those in the import-competing sector. In addition, rather than looking only at government spending in the aggregate, they focus on policies that are targeted at these losses in the import-competing sector (Hays et al. 2005). Hays et al. indeed find support for the embedded liberalism thesis using these measures. However, they do not examine what role domestic institutions play in this process. Taking up where Hays et al. left off, this paper examines the relationship between the proportionality of electoral systems and the degree to which governments committed to international free trade regimes implement policies to offset the negative effects of trade on the import competing sector. In other words, this paper asks whether domestic institutions mediate the effect of globalization on welfare state policy. The existing literature does not provide definitive evidence that would allow us to answer the question of whether electoral institutions affect economic policy outcomes. Some scholars have found a relationship between proportional representation (PR) electoral systems and trade openness while others find that PR systems are associated with higher government spending. This paper examines the effect of proportionality on the link between trade liberalization and spending. Using a cross-sectional time series of 17 OECD countries for the period 1960-2000, I analyze the effects of the proportionality of electoral systems on the degree to which domestic policies are used to offset the costs of trade liberalization. The more proportional a system of electing representatives to the national legislature, the more likely it should be that each legislator depends on a narrower and more homogenous group for his/her reelection. Therefore, it is argued that high proportionality of electoral systems will cause legislators to be more responsive to the demands of specific interest groups hurt by liberalization and thus to implement policies aimed at offsetting the costs of increased imports to these groups. These effects are expected to be greater in industrial than in post-industrial economies. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2007
5. The Influence of EU-Level Interest Groups.
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Bondanella, Stacy
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NATIONAL interest , *PRESSURE groups , *AGRICULTURAL policy , *ECONOMIC policy - Abstract
This paper asks whether and under what conditions EU-level organizations of national interest groups have an independent influence on EU policy. The agricultural policy network is examined and hypotheses are generated for testing across issue areas. ..PAT.-Conference Proceeding [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2006
6. Intergovernmental Organizations and the Determinants of Member State Interest Convergence
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Bondanella, Stacy Marie
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In this dissertation, I ask: Which attributes of intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) are conducive to member state interest convergence? Scholars testing the effects of IGOs on state behavior usually control for state interests in order to counter realist arguments. However, by doing so, they may be missing one channel through which IGOs ultimately affect state behavior - through changes in state interests. While research on socialization informs the study of interest convergence, it is insufficient to answer the question of which attributes of IGOs make them conducive to state interest convergence. These studies consist largely of case studies with which one cannot easily control for material factors that affect member state interests and they focus on the induction of new member states into an existing community. I argue instead that all states are subject to the acceptance of ideas (both normative and cognitive) that can affect how they define their interests and that it is more appropriate to look at pairs of states to assess their interaction affects their similarity to each other.I argue that greater interaction between member states provides more opportunities for the transmission of ideas between them and therefore greater convergence in how they define their interests. I therefore expect IGOs with more substructures and covering more issues to be more conducive to interest convergence. I also propose that different types of similarity between states (regime type and cultural similarity) can make states predisposed to the acceptance of ideas from one another and thus enhance the degree to which intra-IGO interaction may lead to interest convergence. The aforementioned hypotheses are tested in statistical models, using an original dataset of IGOs or IGO structures as the key independent variables. The findings provide support for the theory that more interaction within IGOs leads to greater interest convergence. The findings with regard to dyadic attributes are mixed, providing support for the idea that dyads with common cultural attributes experience greater interest convergence as a result of interaction within IGOs than other dyads, while domestic regime type similarity has the opposite effect to that expected.
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- 2009
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