Punctuated equilibrium in the energy regime complex |
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Authors: | Jeff?D?Colgan Robert?O?Keohane Email author" target="_blank">Thijs?Van de GraafEmail author |
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Institution: | (1) School of International Service, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20016, USA;(2) Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, 408 Robertson Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544-1013, USA;(3) Ghent Institute for International Studies, Ghent University, Universiteitstraat 8, 9000 Ghent, Belgium;; |
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Abstract: | The concept of a regime complex has proved fruitful to a burgeoning literature in international relations, but it has also
opened up new questions about how and why they develop over time. This article describes the history of the energy regime
complex as it has changed over the past 40 years, and interprets this history in light of an interpretive framework of the
sources of institutional change. One of its principal contributions is to highlight what Stephen Krasner referred to as a
pattern of “punctuated equilibrium” reflecting both periods of stasis and periods of innovation, as opposed to a gradual process
of change. We show that the timing of innovation depends on dissatisfaction and shocks and that the nature of innovation—that
is, whether it is path-dependent or de novo—depends on interest homogeneity among major actors. This paper is the first to demonstrate the empirical applicability of
the punctuated equilibrium concept to international regime complexes, and contributes to the eventual development of a dynamic
theory of change in regime complexes. |
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