contestants

contestant 1: IP3
IP3s in global governance. empirically mapping the existence and frequency. typology - looking specifically at those where private actors are equal players at negotiating and planning table. multistakeholder arrangements. corporatism in IOs. this inquiry then could focus on either effectiveness or legitimacy, or both. under what conditions do IP3s work? are they a result of resource interdependency? this topic would run into issues of corporate responsibility, private v public governance and neoliberalism, state of the state, sovereignty etc etc.

do private for-profit organizations join in partnerships for a market-based reason, improving consumer image or to create stable markets etc, or because of the "shadow of hierarchy" threat of regulation, or because they have been somehow persuaded normatively? certainly some of all three, and predominantly the first two.