Responses to Interface Conflicts: How Spheres of Authority Handle Conflicting Rules (RESPONSES)

《项目回应》分析了对一种特定类型的界面冲突的反应，即国际权威的不同部门领域之间的冲突。我们的因变量是接口冲突的处理。我们将界面冲突的处理视为来自不同类型参与者对这种冲突的个体反应所产生的交互结果。我们的项目旨在解释哪种形式的冲突管理会随着水平界面冲突而发展。这个问题可以从两个角度来探讨。在一个模块中，我们确定了国际组织秘书处认为的部门界面冲突。在第二个模块中，我们分析了G-峰会（G7， G8和G20），以探讨文献的期望，即这个国际权威场所最接近国际体系中元权威的概念，被认为是经常管理接口冲突的地方。在本模块中，我们将确定在G7、G8和G20峰会期间处理的那些接口冲突。总体而言，项目回应旨在a)描述处理不同国际权威领域之间相互作用产生的界面冲突的形式，b)解释处理界面冲突的不同形式盛行的条件，以及c)评估在全球治理体系中行使元权威的程度和位置。

The project RESPONSES analyzes the reactions to one particular type of interface conflict, namely those between different sectoral spheres of international authority. Our dependent variable is the handling of interface conflicts. We conceive of the handling of an interface conflict as an interactive outcome emerging from the individual responses to such a conflict from different types of actors. Our project aims at explaining which forms of conflict management evolve in response to horizontal interface conflicts. The question is approached from two angles. In one module, we identify sectoral interface conflicts as perceived by the secretariats of international organizations (IOs). In a second module, we analyze the G- summits (G7, G8, and G20) in order to probe the expectation of the literature that this site of international authority comes closest to the notion of a meta-authority in the international system, conceived as the place where interface conflicts are regularly managed. In this module, we identify those interface conflicts dealt with during the G7, G8, and G20 summits. Overall, the project RESPONSES aims at a) describing the forms of handling interface conflicts that emerge from the interaction between different spheres of international authority, b) explaining the conditions under which different forms of handling interface conflicts prevail, and c) assessing to which extent and where meta-authority is exercised in the global governance system.