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The international energy agency: state influence and transgovernmental politics

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Major decisions of the International Energy Agency (IEA), such as those that established the emergency management system or minimum selling price for imported oil, have been made through a process of interstate bargaining, in which the United States is the most influential actor. A core group, including the IEA secretariat and Germany as well as the United States, has dominated the politics of the organization. Policy implementation, however, has been carried out largely through the national review process of the IEA, which involves a good deal of transgovernmental politics: coalitions between the secretariat and national government agencies, or among those agencies, are frequently important. Transgovernmental networks in the IEA provide opportunities for the exercise of influence by the secretariat. Nevertheless, they are not an unmixed blessing for the organization, since its significance in world politics continues to depend on the support of powerful governments.

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  • Keohane, Robert O., 1978. "The international energy agency: state influence and transgovernmental politics," International Organization, Cambridge University Press, vol. 32(4), pages 929-951, October.
  • Handle: RePEc:cup:intorg:v:32:y:1978:i:04:p:929-951_03
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    1. David Bach & Abraham Newman, 2014. "Domestic drivers of transgovernmental regulatory cooperation," Regulation & Governance, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 8(4), pages 395-417, December.
    2. Di Muzio, Tim, 2016. "Energy, Capital as Power and World Order," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, pages 267-287.
    3. Baccini, Leonardo & Lenzi, Veronica & Thurner, Paul W., 2013. "Global energy governance: trade, infrastructure, and the diffusion of international organizations," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 62309, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
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    5. Van de Graaf, Thijs, 2012. "Obsolete or resurgent? The International Energy Agency in a changing global landscape," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 48(C), pages 233-241.

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