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Ripsman, Norrin. "Declarations of Independence: The Sources of Member-State Defiance of International Organizations" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston Marriott Copley Place, Sheraton Boston & Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts, Aug 28, 2002 <Not Available>. 2009-05-26 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p65520_index.html>

Ripsman, N. M. , 2002-08-28 "Declarations of Independence: The Sources of Member-State Defiance of International Organizations" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston Marriott Copley Place, Sheraton Boston & Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts Online <.PDF>. 2009-05-26 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p65520_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Review Method: Peer Reviewed Abstract: In the contemporary international system, world democracies increasingly participate in international political, economic and military organizations, such as the European Union, the World Trade Organization and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The existing literature on these organizations accepts the conventional assumption that they necessarily constrain states and undermine their autonomy to pursue policies at odds with institutional decisions. If this is true, the implications for democracy are disturbing, since decisions will be taken away from democratic electorates, leaving the people with little say over their own economic and political futures. In this paper, however, I argue that the conventional wisdom oversimplifies the bargaining relationship between international institutions and their member states. Since institutions value the adherence of their members, the members have an opportunity to engage in diplomatic brinkmanship with the institution and other member states in an effort to alter decisions made through ordinary procedures. Several factors influence the likelihood of successful challenges to the organization, including: the relative power of the state within the organization; the balance of motivations (i.e., the relative importance of the issue to the challenger on the one hand and the institution or its other member states on the other hand); and the degree of domestic political opposition to the organization's decisions within the objecting member state. Nonetheless, because of issue-linkage within international organizations, there are frequently costs of pursuing an independent policy. I illustrate this argument with an examination of two prominent cases of democracies pursuing policies that diverged sharply from those of the international organizations to which they belonged (French policy toward NATO and Western defense from 1959-1966 and French policy toward the European Economic Community and its Common Agricultural Policy from 1965-1966).

Declarations of Independence: Explaining Member State Defiance of International Organizations

Declarations of Independence: Member State Defiance of International Organizations