O avanço dos estudos sobre a difusão de políticas públicas internacionais: o papel das Organizações Internacionais

Abstract

Introduction: The field of International Relations can still contribute much to the studies regarding the field of international policy diffusion. Objective: to analyze how the studies about the diffusion of international policies have advanced and to investigate the conduct and impacts of relevant actors engaged in policy diffusion, with a specific look at International Organizations. Material and Methods: the main methodological concept applied throughout the work was the exploratory research on the process of diffusion of policies, in order to analyze its advances and the conduct and impacts of relevant actors to the diffusion process, as is the case of International Organizations. Throughout the research we analyzed secondary sources such as articles, theses and book chapters that deal with the exposed theme. Results: an advance in the field of policy diffusion studies can be noted as the theoretical efforts stop seeking normative explanations for this phenomenon and begin to understand notions of power in this process. Important mention is made of the aspects of economic power and knowledge applied through the instruments of International Organizations and how these articulate with other non-state actors to promote the diffusion of policies of their interest to national states. Discussion: With the world becoming more interconnected due to the effects of globalization, understanding the action of the main agents in the process of policy diffusion and the impacts resulting from this action is relevant.