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Controversial Practices: Tracing the Proceduralization of the IPCC in Time and Space

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This paper starts from the premise that international practices are neither stable nor universal but are in fact the product of time and space. It analyzes the processes of formalization and change in international practices using the case of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), an intergovernmental institution producing regular assessment of the state of the knowledge on climate change. The IPCC is particularly interesting because of the numerous external and internal controversies that it has faced since its establishment in 1988 and the institutional and organizational changes that they triggered. The paper highlights the potential of controversies as methodological occasions to observe the situatedness of international practices and trace change over time. Controversies represent moments of contention in which the normalizing and universalistic effect of routines and procedures is momentarily suspended, thus facilitating the investigation of the particular space and time in which practices evolve.

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  • Kari De Pryck, 2021. "Controversial Practices: Tracing the Proceduralization of the IPCC in Time and Space," Global Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 12(S7), pages 80-89, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:glopol:v:12:y:2021:i:s7:p:80-89
    DOI: 10.1111/1758-5899.12910
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    1. Julian Eckl, 2021. "Focal Times and Spaces: How Ethnography Foregrounds the Spatiotemporality of International Organizations and Global Governance," Global Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 12(S7), pages 34-44, December.
    2. Leah R. Kimber & Lucile Maertens, 2021. "Experiencing Time and Space within the United Nations," Global Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 12(S7), pages 14-23, December.
    3. Luciana Campos, 2021. "Understanding Change in International Organizations Across Time and Spaces: The Rise of UN Country Teams," Global Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 12(S7), pages 55-67, December.
    4. Lucile Maertens & Leah R. Kimber & Fanny Badache & Emilie Dairon, 2021. "Time and space in the study of international organizations: An introduction," Global Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 12(S7), pages 5-13, December.

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