Managing the crisis: international organisations’ responses to the COVID-19 pandemic as legitimation work

This paper analyzes legitimation practices of international organisations in the face of the global COVID-19 pandemic. We analyse a sample of 252 major international governmental organisations (IGOs) and 250 international non-governmental organisations (INGOs), using information collected from their...

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Autores: Ulybina, Olga, Pi Ferrer, Laia, Alasuutari, Pertti
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12328/3662
https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23254823.2023.2195479
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Organitzacions internacionals
COVID 19
Legitimitat
Legitimació
Elecció racional
Neoinstitucionalisme
Organizaciones internacionales
COVID-19
Legitimidad
Legitimación
Elección racional
Neoinstitucionalismo
International organisations
Legitimacy
Legitimation
Rational choice
Neo-institutionalism
61
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spelling Managing the crisis: international organisations’ responses to the COVID-19 pandemic as legitimation workUlybina, OlgaPi Ferrer, LaiaAlasuutari, PerttiOrganitzacions internacionalsCOVID 19LegitimitatLegitimacióElecció racionalNeoinstitucionalismeOrganizaciones internacionalesCOVID-19LegitimidadLegitimaciónElección racionalNeoinstitucionalismoInternational organisationsCOVID-19LegitimacyLegitimationRational choiceNeo-institutionalism61This paper analyzes legitimation practices of international organisations in the face of the global COVID-19 pandemic. We analyse a sample of 252 major international governmental organisations (IGOs) and 250 international non-governmental organisations (INGOs), using information collected from their websites in September – December 2020. We seek to understand why the vast majority of both IGOs and INGOs responded to the crisis and what were the different types of reactions. We study variations in legitimation practices among different types of organisations – governmental vs non-governmental, general-purpose vs task-specific, large vs small, etc. Drawing on rational choice and neo-institutionalist scholarship, we test several hypotheses to account for the patterns of IO’s legitimation work triggered by COVID-19 crisis. Our findings give some support to both theoretical perspectives. Organisation’s resources are the best predictor for its conduct in response to the crisis. At the same time, organisations largely behave in a conformist way, actively engaging in legitimation work, and investing in their public visibility in relation to COVID-19 pandemic.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionTaylor & Francis Group2023info:eu-repo/semantics/article27http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12328/3662https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23254823.2023.2195479reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésEuropean Journal of Cultural and Political Sociologyhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23254823.2023.2195479© 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis GroupThis is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in anymedium, provided the original work is properly cited. The terms on which this article has been published allow theposting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:20.500.12328/36622026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Managing the crisis: international organisations’ responses to the COVID-19 pandemic as legitimation work
title Managing the crisis: international organisations’ responses to the COVID-19 pandemic as legitimation work
spellingShingle Managing the crisis: international organisations’ responses to the COVID-19 pandemic as legitimation work
Ulybina, Olga
Organitzacions internacionals
COVID 19
Legitimitat
Legitimació
Elecció racional
Neoinstitucionalisme
Organizaciones internacionales
COVID-19
Legitimidad
Legitimación
Elección racional
Neoinstitucionalismo
International organisations
COVID-19
Legitimacy
Legitimation
Rational choice
Neo-institutionalism
61
title_short Managing the crisis: international organisations’ responses to the COVID-19 pandemic as legitimation work
title_full Managing the crisis: international organisations’ responses to the COVID-19 pandemic as legitimation work
title_fullStr Managing the crisis: international organisations’ responses to the COVID-19 pandemic as legitimation work
title_full_unstemmed Managing the crisis: international organisations’ responses to the COVID-19 pandemic as legitimation work
title_sort Managing the crisis: international organisations’ responses to the COVID-19 pandemic as legitimation work
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Ulybina, Olga
Pi Ferrer, Laia
Alasuutari, Pertti
author Ulybina, Olga
author_facet Ulybina, Olga
Pi Ferrer, Laia
Alasuutari, Pertti
author_role author
author2 Pi Ferrer, Laia
Alasuutari, Pertti
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Organitzacions internacionals
COVID 19
Legitimitat
Legitimació
Elecció racional
Neoinstitucionalisme
Organizaciones internacionales
COVID-19
Legitimidad
Legitimación
Elección racional
Neoinstitucionalismo
International organisations
COVID-19
Legitimacy
Legitimation
Rational choice
Neo-institutionalism
61
topic Organitzacions internacionals
COVID 19
Legitimitat
Legitimació
Elecció racional
Neoinstitucionalisme
Organizaciones internacionales
COVID-19
Legitimidad
Legitimación
Elección racional
Neoinstitucionalismo
International organisations
COVID-19
Legitimacy
Legitimation
Rational choice
Neo-institutionalism
61
description This paper analyzes legitimation practices of international organisations in the face of the global COVID-19 pandemic. We analyse a sample of 252 major international governmental organisations (IGOs) and 250 international non-governmental organisations (INGOs), using information collected from their websites in September – December 2020. We seek to understand why the vast majority of both IGOs and INGOs responded to the crisis and what were the different types of reactions. We study variations in legitimation practices among different types of organisations – governmental vs non-governmental, general-purpose vs task-specific, large vs small, etc. Drawing on rational choice and neo-institutionalist scholarship, we test several hypotheses to account for the patterns of IO’s legitimation work triggered by COVID-19 crisis. Our findings give some support to both theoretical perspectives. Organisation’s resources are the best predictor for its conduct in response to the crisis. At the same time, organisations largely behave in a conformist way, actively engaging in legitimation work, and investing in their public visibility in relation to COVID-19 pandemic.
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