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European union actorness in international institutions: Why the EU is recognized as an actor in some international institutions, but not in others

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  • Thomas Gehring
  • Sebastian Oberthur
  • Marc Mühleck

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This article examines why the European Union (EU) is recognized as a relevant actor in some international institutions, but not in others. Drawing on theories of international institutions and corporate action, it develops a theoretical approach toward EU actorness that demonstrates under which conditions third parties gain an interest in recognizing this actor as a relevant party to international institutions and how the EU can become an actor in its own right. The EU is expected to be recognized as a relevant actor in an international institution if it has acquired action capability in the relevant governance area, while formal status plays an inferior role. This hypothesis is subsequently assessed for six international institutions that vary regarding the degree of EU action capability and the EU's formal status, including the WTO and IMF, FAO and WHO as well as two international environmental regimes. Empirical results confirm the fruitfulness of the theoretical approach. © 2013 The Author(s) JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies © 2013 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

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  • Thomas Gehring & Sebastian Oberthur & Marc Mühleck, 2013. "European union actorness in international institutions: Why the EU is recognized as an actor in some international institutions, but not in others," ULB Institutional Repository 2013/168144, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
    • Handle: RePEc:ulb:ulbeco:2013/168144
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    1. Hidetaka Yoshimatsu, 2024. "Expanding the study of the EU-centred actorness: ASEAN in the emerging Indo-Pacific construct," Asia Europe Journal, Springer, vol. 22(1), pages 103-119, March.
    2. Thomas Gehring & Kevin Urbanski & Sebastian Oberthür, 2017. "The European Union as an Inadvertent Great Power: EU Actorness and the Ukraine Crisis," Journal of Common Market Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 55(4), pages 727-743, July.
    3. Jordi Mas, 2021. "The Power of Cohesiveness: Internal Factors that Influence the External Performance of Regions," Journal of Common Market Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 59(4), pages 963-980, July.

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