Interorganisational Coordination in Development Cooperation: How Communication at the Country Level Transforms

Dr. Michael Strautmann

doi:10.5771/9783748934264

Summary

This book provides hands-on recommendations on how to best coordinate development cooperation activities. This interdisciplinary study applies one of sociology’s grand theories to guide its com-prehensive field research in two regions. As a result, it analyses how individuals’ actions scale up to organisational behaviour and inter-organisational cooperation. It also deconstructs how bilateral and multilateral organisations are shaped by donors’ national—economical and geopolitical—interests. Moreover, it shows how their employees at the country level balance these objectives with the ideal of transnational solidarity. Finally, it reveals that informal meetings at the sectoral level are the best ways to coordinate and align activities efficiently.

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Copyright year: 2022
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8487-8784-5
ISBN-Online: 978-3-7489-3426-4
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: Entwicklungstheorie und Entwicklungspolitik
Volume: 24
Language: English
Pages: 231
Product type: Book Titles

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 1 - 16
Introduction: Does Development Cooperation Need more Cooperation? No access Pages 17 - 28
1. 1. Fragmentation Renders DC Inefficient No access
  2. Fragmentation is a Burden for Partner Countries No access
  3. International Commitments for more Cooperation No access
  4. International Commitments Fail No access
2. 1. Approaches from New Institutional Economics No access
  2. Approaches from Neo-Institutionalism No access
  3. Approaches from Anthropology No access
3. Research Design: Refined Research Questions No access
1. 1. Luhmann’s Systems Theory vs. Neo-institutionalism No access
  2. Luhmann’s Systems Theory’s Core Concepts No access
  3. Luhmann’s Systems Theory in Research on DC No access
2. 1. The Impact of Multiple Frames of Reference No access
  2. The Impact of Decision Programs No access
3. 1. The Impact of Trust in Interorganizational Networks No access
  2. The Impact of Informal Interactions in DOs No access
4. 1. Systems Theory and Actor-based Research No access
  2. The Causal Process Hypothesis No access
1. Methodological Paradigm No access
2. 1. Case Selection No access
  2. Process Tracing Approach No access
3. 1. Interview Modalities and Guide No access
  2. Ego-centric Network Maps No access
4. 1. Reflections on the Researcher’s Subjectivity No access
  2. Qualitative Content Analysis No access
5. Research Design: Field Research Modalities No access
1. 1. Indonesia: An Emerging Power No access
  2. Madagascar: A Fragile State No access
2. 1. The Status Quo: Harmonization Commitments Failed No access
  2. The Causal Process: Hypotheses at Country Level No access
3. 1. Conflicting Interests: Global Altruistic Narrative vs. Donors’ Objectives No access
  2. Re-Connecting Interests: The Disjuncture is Bridged at Partner Country Level No access
  3. National Interests: Political and Economic Goals are Predominant No access
1. 1. Rigid Regulations: Organizations are Bound to Individual Practices No access
  2. No Operationalization: International Commitments are not Put into Practice No access
  3. Fake Cooperation: Organizations Create Narrative to Meet Expectations No access
2. 1. Multilaterals: Bureaucratic but Trusted Brokers No access
  2. Bilaterals: Dynamic Actors with National Agenda No access
1. 1. Insufficient Capacity for Coordination No access
  2. Insufficient Commitment to Coordination No access
2. 1. Quasi-formal Meetings: A Social System between Group and Organization No access
  2. Quasi-formal Meetings Coordinate Complementarity No access
3. The Pre-Conditions for Different Forms of Cooperation No access
Conclusion: A Call for a Context-sensitive Approach to Cooperation No access Pages 207 - 214
Bibliography No access Pages 215 - 232
Annex No access Pages 233 - 231