Book contents
- A Matter of Style?
- Cambridge Studies in Comparative Public Policy
- A Matter of Style?
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Tables and Figures
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Conceptualizing and Explaining Bureaucratic Influence: Administrative Styles
- 3 Observing and Explaining Administrative Styles: From Concept to Empirical Analysis
- 4 The IMF and the UNHCR
- 5 The IOM and the FAO as Consolidators: Struggles of the Challenger and the Challenged
- 6 Advocacy at UNEP and the WHO: How Expertise and Common Beliefs Shape an Administrative Style
- 7 NATO and the ILO as Servants: the Dedicated Steward and the Saturated Dinosaur
- 8 Conclusion
- References
- Index
6 - Advocacy at UNEP and the WHO: How Expertise and Common Beliefs Shape an Administrative Style
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 July 2020
- A Matter of Style?
- Cambridge Studies in Comparative Public Policy
- A Matter of Style?
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Tables and Figures
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Conceptualizing and Explaining Bureaucratic Influence: Administrative Styles
- 3 Observing and Explaining Administrative Styles: From Concept to Empirical Analysis
- 4 The IMF and the UNHCR
- 5 The IOM and the FAO as Consolidators: Struggles of the Challenger and the Challenged
- 6 Advocacy at UNEP and the WHO: How Expertise and Common Beliefs Shape an Administrative Style
- 7 NATO and the ILO as Servants: the Dedicated Steward and the Saturated Dinosaur
- 8 Conclusion
- References
- Index
Summary
This chapter is concerned with the WHO and UNEP as examples of advocate–style IPAs. These IPAs share behavioural patterns that have allowed them to establish themselves as ‘advocates’ in the area of environmental and global health matters. Despite their apparent common capability of solving problems of global scale, the two IPAs could hardly be more different when considering only their structural features. We show that this commonality in styles, despite structural dissimilarities, is due to the similarly strong perception of external threats and the comparatively low level of internal challenges. Strong expertise and a common belief system contribute to the formation of an advocacy–orientated administrative style while at the same time, a medium level of perceived external challenges prompts both IPAs to also feature at least some characteristics of a consolidator.
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- A Matter of Style?Organizational Agency in Global Public Policy, pp. 130 - 157Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020