Corrupting International Organizations

被引:23
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作者
Vreeland, James Raymond [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Princeton Univ, Woodrow Wilson Sch, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA
[2] Princeton Univ, Dept Polit, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA
关键词
International Monetary Fund; IMF; World Bank; United Nations; vote buying; human rights; HUMAN-RIGHTS LAW; WORLD-BANK; FOREIGN-AID; IMF CONDITIONALITY; DOMESTIC POLITICS; US POLITICS; MEMBERSHIP; STATES; INSTITUTIONS; CONVENTION;
D O I
10.1146/annurev-polisci-050317-071031
中图分类号
D0 [政治学、政治理论];
学科分类号
0302 ; 030201 ;
摘要
As the world turns against international institutions, this article reviews evidence of the corrupting of global organizations. The review focuses on three international organizations that emerged from World War II: the Bretton Woods institutions [the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank] and the United Nations (UN). The article explores evidence of major shareholders (mainly the United States) using the Bretton Woods institutions to funnel money and other favors to strategically preferred countries. Then the review discusses vote buying across a range of issues debated at the UN and finally turns to dark scholarship on the use of UN human rights institutions by autocratic states as a veil to violate those very rights. The article concludes that government pursuit of strategic objectives may be a necessary part of global cooperation, but scholarship should continue to delve into the micro foundations underlying the macro evidence presented here to better inform reformers on how to limit corrupting influences.
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页码:205 / 222
页数:18
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