In this paper, regime complexes are conceptualized as dynamic networks constituted by relations between international organizations (IOs). We introduce “IO positioning” as a conceptual lens for studying patterns and shifts in IO networks resulting from negotiations between IOs over their distinctiveness and social membership in complex organizational fields. We suggest that IO positioning has two constitutive effects. First, on the level of individual IOs, positioning affects IO identities within the field as these are (re)negotiated in relations with other organizations. Secondly, the positioning practices of IOs have constitutive effects on the contours of entire policy fields too; they form and shift the boundaries of regime complexes. Empirically, the paper examines the utility of our approach by analyzing the history, dynamics, and positioning effects of interorganizational relations between eight IOs in global health governance—an area of international cooperation that is commonly portrayed as exceptionally fragmented, complex, and densely populated. Examining relations between our eight IOs, we provide network analytical longitudinal data of in- and out-reporting by IOs derived from IOs’ annual reports between 1970 and 2017. We triangulate our network analysis with data derived from semi-structured interviews with health IO professionals.

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国际组织定位：全球卫生治理重心转移


在本文中，政权复合体被概念化为由国际组织（IO）之间的关系构成的动态网络。我们引入“IO定位”作为一个概念镜头，用于研究IO网络的模式和转变，这些模式和转变是由IO之间就其独特性和复杂组织领域中的社会成员资格进行谈判而产生的。我们认为IO定位有两个本构效应。首先，在单个IO的层面上，定位会影响IO在该领域内的身份，因为这些身份是在与其他组织的关系中（重新）协商的。其次，国际组织的定位实践也对整个政策领域的轮廓产生结构性影响；它们形成并改变政权复合体的边界。从经验上讲，本文通过分析全球卫生治理中八个国际组织之间的组织间关系的历史、动态和定位效应，检验了我们方法的实用性。全球卫生治理是一个通常被描述为极其分散、复杂和人口稠密的国际合作领域。通过检查我们的八个 IO 之间的关系，我们提供了源自 1970 年至 2017 年 IO 年度报告的 IO 进出报告的网络分析纵向数据。我们利用来自卫生 IO 专业人员半结构化访谈的数据对我们的网络分析进行三角测量。