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Social Boundary Work in International Organizations: Taxonomy and Resistance

Swiss Journal of Sociology

Volume 49 (2023): Issue 1 (March 2023)

By: Auriane Guilbaud

Open Access

|Mar 2023

Abstract

This article – based on the case studies of the WHO and the FAO – shows that the expansion of cooperation between international organizations (IOs) and non-state actors (NSAs) leads to a significant rearrangement of IOs organizational boundaries. IOs develop bureaucratic procedures (e. g. due diligence, risk management) that lead IO employees to be in charge of “taxonomy work”, i. e. the classification and hierarchization of NSAs. This work re draws the boundaries of IOs and generates resistance and contestation, both inside and out side IOs.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2023-0007 | Journal eISSN: 2297-8348

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Language: English

Page range: 103 - 121

Published online: Mar 3, 2023

Published in print: Mar 1, 2023

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Keywords:

International organizations,

United Nations,

new public management,

non-state actorsr

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Social sciences,

Sociological theory,

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