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5 Seton Hall J. Dipl. & Int'l Rel. 79 (2004)
The Role of Transnational Advocacy Networks in Reconstituting International Organization Identities

handle is hein.journals/whith5 and id is 203 raw text is: The Role of Transnational Advocacy Networks in Reconstituting International Organization Identities by Susan Park INTRODUCTION International relations scholarship recognizes the important role that non-state actors play in areas such as human rights, the environment, poverty, and development. Constructivism has proved a welcome lens through which to view the actions and ideas of non-state actors, characterized here as transnational advocacy networks. This article argues that constructivism can provide a framework that goes beyond analyzing the strategic aims of such actors to understand the influence they have on the formation of international governmental organization's (1O's) identities. While transnational advocacy networks have had policy victories and defeats in campaigns against IOs, such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the interest here is to question how 1O identities are reshaped or reconstituted by interactions with transnational advocacy networks. Understanding 10 identities is important in explaining why 1Os operationalize their mandates in certain ways and not others. As such, it is posited that transnational advocacy networks shape the social structure within which lOs exist. These networks interact with and influence 1O identities and therefore behavior. The first section establishes the importance of understanding 10 identities. The second section establishes the role of transnational advocacy networks in world politics. The final section then analyses how transnational advocacy networks reshape and reconstitute 10 identities through micro-processes of socialization. A constructivist framework provides a means of understanding IO- transnational advocacy networks interaction, giving insight into why 10 identities internalize new norms. THE AGENCY AND IDENTITY OF IOs The proliferation of 1Os within the international system in the post-Cold War period provides ample scope for analysis of how 1Os undertake their functions.1 1Os operate within and across all aspects of international relations (IR) and act not only as fora for states' interests but also as instigators of change in areas as diverse as the Susan Park teaches in the areas of international organization, international relations, and international development at the University of Sydney, Australia. 79 Seton HallJournal ofDiplomacy and International Relations

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