?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4099%2F&rft.title=The+Study+of+International+Regimes&rft.creator=Levy%2C+M.A.&rft.creator=Young%2C+O.R.&rft.creator=Zuern%2C+M.&rft.description=Hundreds+or+even+thousands+of+international+legal+instruments+on+%22the+environment%22+are+in+existence.+What+happens+to+international+environmental+agreements+once+they+are+signed%2C+and+how+does+the+process+of+implementing+such+agreements+influence+their+effectiveness%3F+These+are+the+questions+that+motivate+the+IIASA+project+%22Implementation+and+Effectiveness+of+International+Environmental+Commitments+(IEC)%22.+Research+teams+are+examining+these+questions+from+many+angles+and+with+different+methods.+%0D%0A%0D%0AIn+this+paper%2C+the+authors+survey+the+literature+on+international+%22regimes%22.+Regimes+are+social+institutions+that+influence+the+behavior+of+states+and+their+subjects.+They+consist+of+informal+and+formalized+principles+and+norms%2C+as+well+as+specific+rules+and+procedures.+The+term+is+explicitly+broad+and+captures+the+unwritten+understandings+and+relationships%2C+as+well+as+the+formal+legal+agreements%2C+that+influence+how+states+and+individuals+behave+in+any+given+issue-area.+Scholarship+over+the+last+decade+has+elaborated+how+regimes+are+formed%3B+this+paper+surveys+that+work+and+focuses+on+more+recent+scholarship+that+has+turned+from+the+formation+of+regimes+to+the+question+of+what+makes+regimes+%22effective%22.+%0D%0A%0D%0AThe+paper+is+one+foundation+for+IEC's+effort+to+build+a+database+about+the+characteristics+of+international+regimes.+The+database+will+consist+of+key+variables+related+to+the+formation+and+implementation+of+international+agreements+and+will+allow+systematic+use+of+historical+evidence+from+a+large+number+of+cases.+The+goal+is+to+make+possible+the+testing+of+hypotheses+and+the+drawing+of+general+conclusions+about+which+variables+are+causally+linked+to+%22effectiveness%22.+Existing+research+has+led+to+hypotheses+and+tests+based+on+single+case+studies+or+small+samples+of+cases%2C+but+conclusions+have+been+difficult+to+generalize+to+other+cases+because+variables+are+left+uncontrolled+and+the+social+processes+are+complex.+In+contrast%2C+the+IEC+effort+will+include+all+the+major+variables+related+to+effectiveness.+The+team+will+employ+experts+in+each+case+to+perform+the+coding%2C+thus+allowing+for+assessments+(including+subjective+evaluations)+of+a+wide+range+of+data.+%0D%0A%0D%0AThe+team+is+now+preparing+and+testing+a+data+protocol%2C+as+well+as+a+manual+that+describes+the+major+questions+in+the+data+protocol+and+how+they+should+be+answered.+The+protocol+and+manual+will+refine+the+variables+we+are+coding+and+their+relationship+to+major+hypotheses.&rft.publisher=WP-94-113&rft.date=1994-11&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4099%2F1%2FWP-94-113.pdf&rft.identifier=++Levy%2C+M.A.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F1417.html%3E%2C+Young%2C+O.R.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F2775.html%3E%2C+%26+Zuern%2C+M.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F2552.html%3E++(1994).++The+Study+of+International+Regimes.+++IIASA+Working+Paper.+IIASA%2C+Laxenburg%2C+Austria%3A+WP-94-113+++++