International Actors on the Domestic Scene: Membership Conditionality and Socialization by International Institutions

摘要: International relations scholars increasingly debate when and how international institutions influence domestic policy. This examination of ethnic politics in four Baltic East European countries during the 1990s shows shaped policy, why these sometimes failed. Comparing traditional rational choice mechanisms such as membership conditionality with more socialization-based efforts, I argue that motivated most behavior changes, but efforts often guided them. Furthermore, using new case studies, statistics, counterfactual analysis, find opposition posed far greater obstacles to methods than it did conditionality: used alone, rarely changed behavior; they did, was usually low effect only moderate. In contrast, incentive-based were crucial changing policy: As grew, not necessary change behavior, also surprisingly effective.Many panel seminar participants have offered useful comments on this work, my thanks goes particular Michael Zurn, Alexandra Gheciu, Frank Schimmelfennig, Jeff Checkel, Robert Keohane, Steven Wilkinson, Putnam, Milada Vachudova, editors anonymous reviewers Organization. thank Princeton University Press for allowing me use material from book Ethnic Politics Europe: The Power Norms Incentives. usual caveats apply. research funded by a grant Danish Research Academy (former Forskerakademiet), travel support Weatherhead Center Affairs at Harvard.