Regime Theory - created from Mind Map

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regime : a constellation of actors who coincide or have common interests in a set area of international relations (Rittberger and Mayer, 1993)

Effect of EU's collective regime(international humanitarian crisis regime on Syria) on the strategies of a project in humanitarian sector

How international regimes complexity effects /shapes the frames and strategies of a project manager (Individual approach)

How proliferation of an international humanitarian regime collectively affects the frames and strategies of a project or different projects with in a regime/Sector.(Collective appraoch)

How Strategic behaviour in projects is enabled by the proliferation of nested and parallel regimes in the international humanitarain sphere

Questions

Realism: power is the central variable,weak institutionalism,emphasised on relative gains,states go together to form utility maximizing constellations to increase their own relative power.

Neoliberalism: economic interests and incentives, combined with utilitarian and problem-solving aspects that brings a regime together.Central variable is interests of the participants stronger institutionalism,based on absolute gain maximisation,situational variables

Cognitivism:, regimes are formed from a common strategical will, based in the actors’ perceived- identity and knowledge. Central variable is knowledge & idea play a role in regime formation, working relationships, as well as the behaviors, and rules of the regime,strong institutionalism, those who supply knowledge exert greater power

implicit or explicit norms, principles, rules, and decision-making procedures around which actors converge in a given area of international relations-Krasner (1983)

schools of thought

institutions,frameworks, actors are subsets of regimes

defection is the refusal to meet on common ground between two or more points of interest

Cooperation:will to compromise on some areas to win forth on others. However, cooperation rarely comes without dissent and conflict

formation of norms, principles,rules and decision-making bodies for convergence of interest in an acceptable manner

regime core terms: uncertainity ,trust,information. States

Regime emergence

Liberal:regimes strive for trust,steadiness, experience,reputation, longivity and are hesitant to enter into agreement with states to increase utility.

Realist: power and relative gains (Rittberger and Mayer, 1993

Regime change & persistence

change due to crisis results in evolution,survival and adaptation

slow and gradual change results in a learning induced regime where learning leads to change in form and agenda of regimes

regime change depends upon consensus between actors and a coherent coalition between states on interests and agendas of regime

self-interested states are the primary movers and shakers in regime formation,hegemonic theories of regimes

situation determines the prized interest and in turns determine direction of decision makers policy, Game theory

preferences can explain interaction, but interaction cannot explain preferences.

strong cognitivist:states do not act as utilitarian maximizers

Weak Cognitivist: power and wealth as motivators for states, with a focus on resolving issues through knowledge and leadership of epistemic communities

actors can also be defined as the intellectuals and the elite (i.e. the decision makers) of a nation