Cooperation among intergovernmental organizations in global cultural governance: Towards an actor-centered constructivist approach

Vlassis, Antonios

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Cooperation among intergovernmental organizations in global cultural governance: Towards an actor-centered constructivist approach

Vlassis, Antonios

2022 • In International Journal of Cultural Policy

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international relations; international organizations; constructivism; culture; cultural industries; European Union; Mercosur; UNCTAD; UNESCO; creative economy; cultural diplomacy; cultural policy; international cooperation; inter-regional cooperation

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[en] This article provides an empirical investigation of the cooperation among intergovernmental organisations (IOs) in global cultural governance. The existing scientific literature has not yet taken up the inter-organisational cooperation as a serious topic of research and the present contribution aims to fill this gap. Based on an actor-centred constructivism, the article seeks to address inter-organisational cooperation as an observable empirical phenomenon, to explore when and why the cooperation between IOs risks not lasting and to understand why the dynamics of inter-organisational cooperation in cultural affairs have a specific-time limit. The focus will be on two cases: the European Union-Mercosur audiovisual programme and the United Nations interagency group on creative industries. As such, the article is more concerned with analysing the political micro-foundations through which the cooperation among IOs takes place and with exploring the factors, which contribute to not establish sustainable cooperative arrangements.

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Political science, public administration & international relations

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Vlassis, Antonios ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de science politique > Département de science politique

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English

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Cooperation among intergovernmental organizations in global cultural governance: Towards an actor-centered constructivist approach

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2022

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International Journal of Cultural Policy

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1028-6632

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1477-2833

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Routledge, United Kingdom

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