TY  - JOUR
A1  - Debre, Maria Josepha
A1  - Dijkstra, Hylke
T1  - COVID-19 and policy responses by international organizations
T2  - Global policy : gp / Durham University ; Hertie School of Governance ; LSE, Public Policy Group
N2  - The liberal international order is being challenged and international organizations (IOs) are a main target of contestation. COVID-19 seems to exacerbate the situation with many states pursuing domestic strategies at the expense of multilateral cooperation. At the same time, IOs have traditionally benefited from cross-border crises. This article analyzes the policy responses of IOs to the exogenous COVID-19 shock by asking why some IOs use this crisis as an opportunity to expand their scope and policy instruments? It provides a cross-sectional analysis using original data on the responses of 75 IOs to COVID-19 during the first wave between March and June 2020. It finds that the bureaucratic capacity of IOs is significant when it comes to using the crisis as an opportunity. It also finds some evidence that the number of COVID-19 cases among the member states affects policy responses and that general purpose IOs have benefited more.
Y1  - 2021
UR  - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/59904
SN  - 1758-5880
SN  - 1758-5899
VL  - 12
IS  - 4
SP  - 443
EP  - 454
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
CY  - Oxford [u.a.]
ER  -