Transnational Networks Amid Global Crisis and Change

SES-1323130 PI：Jackie Smith Co-PI：Melanie Hughes爱丁堡大学在这份提案中，研究人员绘制了跨国组织的人口分布图，包括政府间组织（IGO），国际非政府组织（INNOVATION）和跨国社会运动组织（TSMO），以记录这些人口的变化如何影响从人权实践到国际贸易和卫生政策的国家成果。众所周知，这种广泛的影响来自这些不同组织之间的复杂互动，但现有的研究未能解释不同类型的群体之间的网络关系，随着时间的推移组织间关系结构的变化，或这种变化对世界政治模式的影响。本项目利用网络分析探讨过去三十年来政府间组织、土著问题国际研究所和技术支持管理组织之间网络关系的变化。调查人员预计，最近的金融危机和国际政治竞技场的变化--如中国和其他新兴经济体的增长、美国和欧洲的金融危机以及民众抗议活动的全球蔓延--已经改变了国际非政府组织和政府组织相互结盟的方式。这项研究的一个关键贡献是产生新的数据，包括：1）关于TSMO人口的两年期更新数据集（增加了2005-2013年）和2）新的国际非政府组织，TSMO和IGO连接的组织间网络数据库，从1983年到2013年每十年建立一次。本研究的第二个目标是桥接INCLUB和TSMO的数据和研究，让世界政治和社会运动的学者了解，如果，何时，以及如何组织的社会变革方向matter.Broader ImpactThe研究推进全球冲突和变化的理解，因此提供的见解，可以有助于更广泛的公共和政策辩论。调查员将提供一般受众可以查阅的分析报告，以便更好地向公众介绍全球冲突以及处理这些问题的各种组织和机构。具体而言，研究将讨论社会运动与政府间组织之间的关系问题，因为这两种类型的团体都致力于解决具有重大全球意义的地区的冲突。

SES-1323130PI: Jackie SmithCo-PI: Melanie HughesUniversity of PittsburghIn this proposal, investigators map populations of transnational organizations, including inter-governmental organizations (IGOs), international nongovernmental organizations (INGOs), and transnational social movement organizations (TSMOs) to document how changes in these populations impact state outcomes ranging from human rights practices to international trade and health policies. It is known that such wide-ranging impacts result from complex interactions among these diverse organizations, but existing research fails to account for network relations among different types of groups, for changes in the structure of inter-organizational relations over time, or for implications of such changes for models of world politics. This project uses network analysis to explore changes in network relations among IGOs, INGOs and TSMOs over the last thirty years. The investigators expect that recent financial crises and changes in the international political arena - such as the growth of China and other emerging economies, financial crises in the U.S. and Europe, and the global spread of popular protests - have altered the ways in which international nongovernmental and governmental organizations align with one another. A key contribution of this study will the production of new data, including: 1) an updated biennial dataset on the population of TSMOs (adding the years 2005-2013) and 2) a new Inter-Organizational Networks Database of INGO, TSMO, and IGO connections, constructed decennially from 1983 to 2013. A secondary goal of this study is to bridge data and research on INGOs and TSMOs, allowing world polity and social movement scholars to understand if, when, and how social-change orientations of organizations matter.Broader ImpactThe study advances understandings of global conflict and change, and therefore offers insights that can contribute to broader public and policy debates. The investigators will provide reports on the analyses that are accessible to general audiences in order to better inform public discourse about global conflicts and the various organizations and institutions addressing these matters. Specifically the research will speak to questions about how social movements relate to inter-governmental organizations, as both types of groups work to address conflict in areas of major global significance.