Who Governs the Sea? An Analysis of the Regime Complex in International Shipping

<p>In many respects, international shipping represents the physical embodiment of globalization. It ties states together via the exchange of raw materials and finished goods in ways that inspire important questions about power distributions, trade, growth, global governance, jurisdiction, policy coordination, sovereignty, and regimes. Although shipping is a space that can be used to illustrate many International Relations ideas, it has been understudied in International Relations. This thesis argues that the international shipping regime complex produces suboptimal outcomes because it has inefficient and peculiar design features. Specifically, it locates the responsibility to enforce rules in states that lack the ability to do so and gives authority to make rules to actors that have clear conflicts of interest. Regional efforts have corrected the location of authority to enforce rules but have ultimately not been able to overcome the inefficient outcomes the regime complex produces.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts

Level thesis:degree_level

Master

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Political Science

Grantor

The Graduate School and University Center of The City University of New York

Year dc:date.available

2020

Author dc:creator

• Landon, Brent

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Stephanie R. Golob

• International Relations
• International Maritime Organization
• International Labor Organization
• International Shipping

Repository record dc:identifier

https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gc_etds/3816

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:academicworks.cuny.edu:gc_etds-4902