The International Regimes Database - Phase II

这项建议寻求经费，以便进行一项试验性研究，以确定国际制度数据库的业务可行性。国际制度数据库是与国际应用系统分析研究所合作开发的一个大型计算机信息系统。这个数据库将使分析人员能够进行系统的定量和定性研究，回答有关国际制度在环境问题领域中的作用的广泛问题。最终，这个数据库的泛化将使社会科学家能够对有关国际制度的主要问题给出答案：它们重要吗？什么条件控制着政权的形成？为什么有些制度比其他制度更有效？项目工作人员将编制纸质和电脑化数据表格以及使用协议代码的指导准则。在资助期内，将对12至24个个案进行编码。这个项目属于全球变化的人类维度倡议的范围。该项目由德美学术委员会基金会TransCoop项目共同资助。

This proposal seeks funding to conduct a pilot study to establish the operational feasibility of an International Regimes Database (IRD), a large scale computerized information system under development in cooperation with IIASA (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis). This database will allow analysts to conduct systematic quantitative and qualitative studies answering a wide range of questions about the role of international regimes in environmental issue areas. Ultimately, the generalization of this database will allow social scientists to formulate answers to major questions about international regimes: Do they matter? What conditions control the formation of regimes? Why are some regimes more effective than others? The project staff will create both paper and computerized data forms as well as instruction guidelines for the use of the protocol codes. Twelve to 24 cases will be coded during the grant period. This project falls within the scope of the Human Dimensions of Global Change initiative. It will be jointly funded by the a grant from the TransCoop Program of the German-American Academic Council Foundation.