The Elgar Companion to the OECD (Elgar Companions to Inteational Organisations series)

by: Fabrizio De Francesco (Editor),Claudio M. Radaelli (Editor)

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Publication Date: 2023/9/30

Language: English

Print Length: 308 pages

ISBN-10: 1800886861

ISBN-13: 9781800886865

Book Description

This comprehensive Companion analyses the relevance of the OECD as a transnational policy maker, idea broker and standard setter. Bringing together diverse disciplines and methodologies, it establishes the influence of the OECD on mode understandings of goveance.Through scholarly reviews and original empirical analyses, this Companion covers the evolution and structure of the OECD, its role in transnational policy making and its domestic impact. It consolidates work from disciplines including economics, social policy, history, inteational relations and legal studies to critically analyse the concepts, methods and tools of goveance in global policy making. Contributors explore the comparative impact of the OECD in developed and developing countries, the OECD’s work in various policy sectors and emerging issues on the OECD’s agenda such as goveance reform, cyber-security and sustainability. Ultimately, the Companion advances inter-disciplinary knowledge of the OECD’s methods of goveance and position in global politics.Providing in-depth insight on the structure and impact of the OECD, The Elgar Companion to the OECD will be an authoritative and original reference text for scholars and students of global goveance, inteational relations, political economy and public policy. It will also be essential reading for practitioners seeking to better understand mode global goveance and public policy.

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This comprehensive Companion analyses the relevance of the OECD as a transnational policy maker, idea broker and standard setter. Bringing together diverse disciplines and methodologies, it establishes the influence of the OECD on mode understandings of goveance.Through scholarly reviews and original empirical analyses, this Companion covers the evolution and structure of the OECD, its role in transnational policy making and its domestic impact. It consolidates work from disciplines including economics, social policy, history, inteational relations and legal studies to critically analyse the concepts, methods and tools of goveance in global policy making. Contributors explore the comparative impact of the OECD in developed and developing countries, the OECD’s work in various policy sectors and emerging issues on the OECD’s agenda such as goveance reform, cyber-security and sustainability. Ultimately, the Companion advances inter-disciplinary knowledge of the OECD’s methods of goveance and position in global politics.Providing in-depth insight on the structure and impact of the OECD, The Elgar Companion to the OECD will be an authoritative and original reference text for scholars and students of global goveance, inteational relations, political economy and public policy. It will also be essential reading for practitioners seeking to better understand mode global goveance and public policy.