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Developing-country representation and public attitudes toward international organizations: the case of IMF governance reform

dc.contributor.coauthorMcDowell, Daniel
dc.contributor.coauthorSteinberg, David
dc.contributor.coauthorGueorguiev, Dimitar
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of International Relations
dc.contributor.kuauthorAytaç, Selim Erdem
dc.contributor.otherDepartment of International Relations
dc.contributor.schoolcollegeinstituteCollege of Administrative Sciences and Economics
dc.date.accessioned2024-12-29T09:38:05Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractSeveral prominent international organizations (IOs) maintain decision-making structures that under-represent developing countries. This paper argues that individuals in developing countries are more supportive of engaging with IOs that give a greater voice to fellow developing countries. We posit that the balance of decision-making power influences support for IOs by improving perceptions of both input legitimacy and output legitimacy. Empirically, we focus on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and draw on original survey experiments in four developing countries: Argentina, China, South Africa, and Turkey. Results reveal that increased representation of developing countries increases public support for IMF participation. We also find consistent evidence that this effect works through an input legitimacy mechanism, specifically by improving perceptions of procedural fairness. These findings suggest that public support for IOs is affected by the balance of decision-making power within these organizations. Algunas de las organizaciones internacionales (OOII) m & aacute;s prominentes mantienen estructuras de toma de decisiones que subrepresentan a los pa & iacute;ses en desarrollo. Este art & iacute;culo argumenta que los ciudadanos de los pa & iacute;ses en desarrollo son m & aacute;s partidarios de formar parte de aquellas OOII que dan una mayor voz a otros pa & iacute;ses en desarrollo. Postulamos que el equilibrio del poder en la toma de decisiones influye en el apoyo a las OOII, ya que contribuye a mejorar las percepciones, tanto a nivel de legitimidad de origen como a nivel de legitimidad en virtud de los resultados. Desde el punto de vista emp & iacute;rico, nos centramos en el Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI) y nos basamos en experimentos de encuestas originales llevados a cabo en cuatro pa & iacute;ses en desarrollo: Argentina, China, Sud & aacute;frica y Turqu & iacute;a. Los resultados revelan que una mayor representaci & oacute;n de los pa & iacute;ses en desarrollo aumenta el apoyo p & uacute;blico a la participaci & oacute;n en el FMI. Tambi & eacute;n encontramos pruebas consistentes de que este efecto funciona a trav & eacute;s de un mecanismo de legitimidad de origen, espec & iacute;ficamente, debido a que se mejoran las percepciones en materia de equidad procesal. Estas conclusiones sugieren que el apoyo p & uacute;blico a las OOII se ve afectado por el equilibrio de poder en la toma de decisiones que se produce dentro de estas organizaciones. Plusieurs importantes organisations internationales (OI) maintiennent des structures d & eacute;cisionnelles qui sous-repr & eacute;sentent les pays en d & eacute;veloppement. Cet article affirme que les personnes vivant dans des pays en d & eacute;veloppement soutiennent davantage les rapports avec des OI qui offrent plus de possibilit & eacute;s & agrave; d'autres pays en d & eacute;veloppement de se faire entendre. Nous postulons que l'& eacute;quilibre des pouvoirs d & eacute;cisionnels a une incidence sur le soutien aux OI en am & eacute;liorant la perception des l & eacute;gitimit & eacute;s entrante et sortante. Sur le plan empirique, nous nous focalisons sur le Fonds mon & eacute;taire international (FMI) et nous appuyons sur des exp & eacute;riences de sondage in & eacute;dites dans quatre pays en d & eacute;veloppement : l'Argentine, la Chine, l'Afrique du Sud et la Turquie. Selon les r & eacute;sultats, lorsque la repr & eacute;sentation des pays en d & eacute;veloppement augmente, le soutien public & agrave; la participation au FMI augmente aussi. Nous trouvons & eacute;galement des & eacute;l & eacute;ments confirmant que cet effet fonctionne par le biais d'un m & eacute;canisme de l & eacute;gitimit & eacute; entrante, en am & eacute;liorant la perception de l'& eacute;quit & eacute; proc & eacute;durale. Ces conclusions sugg & egrave;rent que le soutien public aux OI subit l'influence de l'& eacute;quilibre des pouvoirs d & eacute;cisionnels au sein de ces organisations.
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dc.description.indexedbyScopus
dc.description.issue3
dc.description.publisherscopeInternational
dc.description.sponsorsWe would like to thank a number of individuals for helpful feedback on earlier versions of the manuscript. Michael Aklin, Mark Copelovitch, and Phillip Lipscy provided incisive comments as part of a Virtual International Political Economy Society presentation. We are grateful for the feedback we received from participants at a presentation at the University of California, San Diego. Erica Gould, Ron Rogowski, and J. Lawrence Broz graciously discussed the paper at the American Political Science Association annual meeting in 2020. Finally, we express our gratitude to three anonymous reviewers and the editors at International Studies Quarterly for the excellent comments we received during the review process.
dc.description.volume68
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/isq/sqae100
dc.identifier.eissn1468-2478
dc.identifier.issn0020-8833
dc.identifier.quartileQ1
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85198640867
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1093/isq/sqae100
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14288/22584
dc.identifier.wos1267406700001
dc.keywordsLegitimacy
dc.keywordsPolitics
dc.keywordsSupport
dc.keywordsRedistribution
dc.keywordsParticipation
dc.keywordsPerceptions
dc.languageen
dc.publisherOxford University Press
dc.sourceInternational Studies Quarterly
dc.subjectInternational relations
dc.subjectPolitical science
dc.titleDeveloping-country representation and public attitudes toward international organizations: the case of IMF governance reform
dc.typeJournal article
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local.contributor.kuauthorAytaç, Selim Erdem
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