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    I Introduction

    How do global governors relate to eac/ ot/er and w/at% if an% are t/e

    conse?&ences of t/ese ties2 Alt/o&g/ sc/olars of international organi@ation tend to foc&s

    on t/e "&r"ose and str&ct&res of contem"orar global governance% t/e act&al ties t/at link

    global governors remain &nder4t/eori@ed As t/is essa will s&ggest% s&c/ linkages not

    onl set "arameters on t/e agenc of individ&al global governors% b&t t/e also /el" to

    establis/ t/eir a&t/orit over a given sector

    9f t/ere is a "revailing wisdom on t/e to"ic% it is t/at global governors are

    im"licated in a set of networks t/at involve vario&s t"es of international and

    transnational actors Ann arie #la&g/ter /as recentl advanced one of t/e most

    so"/isticated versions of t/is t/esis and arg&es t/at t/ese networks are com"rised of a

    variet of actors or governors% incl&ding international organi@ations% non4governmental

    organi@ations and disaggregated "arts of states and t/eir b&rea&cracies B#la&g/ter -))3

    T/ese actors forge bot/ /ori@ontal ties wit/ ot/er organi@ations to coordinate and manage

    t/eir reg&lator tasks% as well as vertical ties to delegate t/e governance of "artic&lar

    iss&es and sectors to s"ecific transnational bodies

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    strategies to advance ca&ses internationall t/at are regarded as illiberal% or to c/eck t/e

    advance of ot/er activist networks t/at ma infringe on t/eir val&es

    Adding to t/ese criti?&es% t/is c/a"ter criticall examines t/eproject contractas a

    distinct mec/anism of global governance 9t s&ggests t/at contracting is not merel a

    tec/nical ve/icle for delegating or delivering governance !rawing &"on organi@ational

    t/eor% 9 ex"lore /ow t/e introd&ction of contracts into a "revio&sl non4contract&al

    realm affects t/e incentives and relational ties t/at bind global governors At t/e micro4

    level% 9 arg&e t/at t/e terms of a contract infl&ence an organi@ation0s strategic be/avior%

    w/ile at t/e macro level 9 ex"lore /ow contracting infl&ences t/e a&tonom% com"etition%

    acco&ntabilit and tr&st among governors 9 ill&strate t/ese claims b examining t/e

    growt/ of contracting as a governance mec/anism in two ver different contem"orar

    transnational sectors: '#4led "ost4war reconstr&ction in 9ra? and t/e international

    /&manitarian aid regime T/e cases are instr&ctive in t/at t/e demonstrate im"ortant

    variation in t/e terms of contracting t"es% b&t also s&ggest t/at contracts% more generall%

    ma dissi"ate acco&ntabilit and erode tr&st% even across w/at &s&all are regarded as

    dissimilar t"es of governors and transnational actors

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    agreements among transnational actors t/at sti"&late "ament for a s"ecific "roject or set

    of services 9 differentiate formal contracts from more informal coo"erative relations/i"s%

    comm&nications or &nderstandings t/at /ave been reac/ed wit/o&t a formal written legal

    agreement and bidding "rocess

    Micro-level Effects: Contractual Terms and Organiational !ncentives

    Contracts var in t/eir exact sco"e and terms #ix s"ecific as"ects of contracts F

    cost str&ct&re% com"leteness% d&ration% monitoring% "erformance sanctions and renewal

    "otential F can all s/a"e t/e incentives of contracting organi@ations BCoole -))E

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    ex"and its j&risdiction and% if available% a""ro"riate an available s&r"l&s rent or

    o""ort&nities not assigned b t/e original contract Bfor 6' a""lications% see

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    Macro-level Effects: #o$ Contracts Might %ffect Relations %mong &overnors

    9f t/e terms and incentives offered b contracts affect a contracting governor0s

    overall organi@ational strateg and be/avior% /ow in t&rn does contracting im"act broader

    relations among governors2 =ee"ing wit/ #la&g/ter0s model of global governance

    networks% we can /"ot/esi@e abo&t a n&mber of likel effects t/at t/e ado"tion of

    contracts is likel to /ave on bot/ t/e /ori@ontal and vertical ties of contracting

    governors

    1e s/o&ld also bear in mind t/at t/e transnational or global environment ma

    differ in significant was from a domestic setting 9n t/e latter% binding domestic law and

    establis/ed adj&dication "roced&res make t/e enforcement of contracts and sanctioning

    more likel t/an in a transnational setting w/ere s&c/ binding legal oversig/t is absent or%

    at least% considerabl weaker an of t/e international settings t/at are most likel to

    witness a s&dden "roliferation of contracting governors F com"lex emergencies% disaster

    relief sit&ations% "ost4conflict reconstr&ction F are c/aracteri@ed b "olitical &ncertaint%

    legal vac&&ms and a lack of ca"acit t/at renders states% and international organi@ations%

    &nable to ade?&atel monitor t/e o"erations of contracted governors

    Contracting and Com"etition BHori@ontal Ties

    Contracting governors% es"eciall t/ose wit/o&t an alternate "rivate reven&e

    stream% m&st com"ete for contracts for t/eir organi@ational s&rvival Com"etition for

    contracts "rivileges t/e im"ortance of t/e tender "rocess wit/in t/e organi@ation0s

    "lanning and strateg T/e more reliant t/at an organi@ation becomes on external

    contracts for its fiscal s&rvival% t/e greater t/e c/ance t/at its internal staffing and

    activities will be geared towards sec&ring and maintaining external contracts

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    7ver t/e longer term% com"etition over contracts ma also affect t/e sco"e of

    iss&es and f&nctions t/at governors c/oose to &ndertake Com"etition over "roject tenders

    enco&rages contracting governors to contin&o&sl amend and ex"and t/eir ca"abilities

    and task s"eciali@ation in order to bid on new contracts t/at ma not necessaril directl

    relate to t/eir traditional area of ex"ertise 9n organi@ational terms% t/e increasing

    com"etition for contracts ma act&all decrease t/e f&nctional s"eciali@ation of global

    governors

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    strengt/ of its oversig/t "rovisions ma well determine a contractor0s a&tonom from t/e

    donor

    Contracting and Acco&ntabilit BJertical Ties

    Contracting is also likel to affect t/e acco&ntabilit of governors $ se"arating

    t/e roles of mandate Bdonor and im"lementation Bcontractor% contracts act&all s"lit t/e

    res"onsibilit for a governance initiative and "roject T/is s"lit creates "la&sible

    deniabilit for donors% w/o can take credit for relativel s&ccessf&l "rojects% b&t can

    deflect blame for less s&ccessf&l o&tcomes on t/e contractor0s "oor exec&tion oreover%

    as Avant describes in /er examination of "rivate sec&rit com"anies% contracting for

    services can also b"ass traditional mec/anisms of legislative oversig/t in donor

    co&ntries% t/ereb em"owering t/e exec&tive and s/ifting internal balances of "ower

    BAvant -))5: 3,,4,- T/e legal &ncertaint generated b a transnational environment%

    "artic&larl in weak instit&tional settings% also f&rt/er dissi"ates traditional c/ains of

    acco&ntabilit as contractors ma even be granted imm&nit for t/eir actions from t/e

    laws of t/e co&ntr t/at t/e are o"erating in To be s&re% as Grant and =eo/ane remind

    &s% t/ere are several t"es of acco&ntabilit involved in global governance% and not all of

    t/em are legal or "artici"ator BGrant and =eo/ane -))3 However% wit/ exce"tion of

    t/e re"&tational effects% none of t/e ot/er mec/anisms of acco&ntabilit t/at t/e identif

    B/ierarc/ical% s&"ervisor% legal% market% "eer act&all a""l in a transnational

    contract&al setting% w/ere oversig/t of a contracting governor remains minimal

    T/is dissi"ation of acco&ntabilit also raises serio&s concerns over t/e longer

    term abo&t t/e so&rces of "olitical a&t/orit for global governors Alread% in bot/ t/e

    develo"ment and /&manitarian world% actors on t/e gro&nd view o&tside contractors%

    es"eciall "roject cons&ltants% wit/ great s&s"icion and ske"ticism B1ar on 1ant -))E

    T/&s% contracting governors ma contin&e to o"erate in vario&s areas of global

    governance% b&t t/eir credibilit wit/ /ost co&ntr governments and target gro&"s ma be

    greatl diminis/ed if t/e are viewed as self4interested contractors as o""osed to

    committed governors

    Contracting and Tr&st BHori@ontal and Jertical Ties

    Coole4*

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    t/e game wit/ binding contracts attrib&ted t/e "las of ot/ers to t/eir contract&al terms

    and constraints% rat/er t/an dis"osition to tr&st% even if t/e /ad been "revio&sl deemed

    tr&stwort/ Bal/otra and &rning/am -))-: 3E. $ contrast% t/e a&t/ors fo&nd t/at

    w/en t/e ex"eriment was re"eated &sing non4binding contracts% levels of tr&st increased

    significantl% even in an anonmo&s% com"&ter4mediated environment Bal/otra and

    &rning/am -))-: 33-

    #econd% t/e "ros"ect of contract&al renewal is not t/e analtical e?&ivalent to an

    iterated interaction among agents,

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    governors according to its "artic&lar sit&ational logic and constraints

    #'potheses on Contracting and &lo(al &overnance

    T/e above disc&ssion s&ggests t/e following general /"ot/eses abo&t contracting and

    global governance:

    Working Assumption: The terms of a contract ) its pa'ment structure* completeness*

    duration* monitoring mechanisms* performance sanctions and rene$al prospects )provide the incentives for the (ehavior of a contracting governor+

    Hypothesis 1: Contracting engenders competition among actual and prospectivecontracted agents+

    Hypothesis 2a: Contracting is more li,el' to reduce the organiational autonom' of

    contracted agents $hen agents are a+ dependent on the contract for fiscal survival (+

    monitored effectivel' c+ sanctioned for non-compliance and d+ contracts are of the.fi"ed price/ variet'+

    Hypothesis 2b: Contracting is more li,el' to enhance the organiational autonom' of

    contracted agents $hen agents are a+ not dependent on the contract (+ inade0uatel'

    monitored (' the donor c+ are not sanctioned for non-compliance and d+ contracts areof the .cost-plus/ variet'+

    Hypotheses 3: Contracting* regardless of t'pe* dissipates the accounta(ilit' ofgovernors+

    Hypothesis 4: Contracting erodes trust among glo(al governors* even if previouscooperative ties $ere (uilt upon long-standing and common normative commitments+

    Hypotheses 5: The a(ove h'potheses should hold regardless of a glo(al governor1s for-

    profit status* issue area* net$or, ties or strength of normative commitments+

    Conversel% t/ese claims abo&t t/e transformative effects of contracting wo&ld be

    falsified if: t/e terms of a contract did not affect a governor0s incentives and strategic

    be/aviorD contracting did not enco&rage com"etition among governorsD contracts did not

    "redictabl affect a governor0s a&tonomD contracting concentrated acco&ntabilitD

    contracting "arties maintained or en/anced t/eir tr&stD and t/ese contracting "rocesses

    differentiall im"acted vario&s sectors of global governance

    IV Illustrative Cases: Iraqi Reconstruction and the New u!anitarian Regi!e

    2ogic of the Cases

    Coole4,-

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    To ill&strate some of t/e mec/anisms and /"ot/eses o&tlined above% 9 examine

    t/e role of contracting in t/e '#4led reconstr&ction of 9ra? and in t/e contem"orar

    international /&manitarian aid sector Alt/o&g/ t/ese disc&ssions can in no wa be

    considered ant/ing more t/an anecdotal evidence for some of t/ese claims% 9 /ave

    selected t/em wit/ two im"ortant criteria in mind

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    "ost4war reconstr&ction '# officials stated t/at allowing t/e "rivate sector to lead t/e

    reconstr&ction wo&ld "&t ex"erienced m&ltinational com"anies in c/arge of t/ese diffic&lt

    "rojects% avoid dealing wit/ corr&"t 9ra?i enter"rises and demonstrate to 9ra?is t/e

    ca"abilities and ingen&it of t/e '# "rivate sector Biller -))5: ,,,4,(, According to

    !avid Nas/% /ead of t/e coalition0s original Project and Contracting 7ffice% t/e overall

    contracting model "romised to be a win4win for American com"anies and t/e 9ra?i

    "eo"le Biller -))5: ,,3

    IN"#RT $igure % ere

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    sector% as well as a conse?&ence of t/e recent trend for states to directl or bilaterall

    f&nd NG7 activities Bmore on t/is later 9n -))E% major /&manitarian NG7s received

    abo&t K- billion from "&blic f&ndraising% K,-4-) billion from government agenc

    contracts% and K3))4)) million in c/anneled f&nds% most of t/em contracts% t/ro&g/ 'N

    agencies 7f t/ese% seven or eig/t 9NG7s received t/e b&lk t/is assistance 9n -))3%

    1alker and Pe""er estimate t/at abo&t one4t/ird of t/e KE billion state4donor f&nding

    ended &" in NG7 coffers% eit/er directl or t/ro&g/ 'N agenc "rojects B1alker and

    Pe""er -)).: 3 However% as Table - s&ggests% some NG7s are considerabl more

    reliant on external contracts for f&nding t/an ot/ers 9n fact% a few NG7s% t/e most

    notewort/ of w/ic/ are 7xfam and decins #ans

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    7ne immediate difference between t/e cases lies in t/e level of com"etition

    among contractors 1/ereas t/e /&manitarian sector does s/ow signs of significant

    com"etition between NG7s for government and 97 grants% s&c/ com"etition was

    significantl m&ted in t/e 9ra? case% d&e to "re4standing agreements between major

    contractors and t/e '# government and t/e extensive &se of no4bid contracts

    Com"etition for contracts /as been a /allmark of t/e /&manitarian sector for t/e

    last -) ears Com"etition is most intense in t/e wake of disasters or com"lex

    emergencies% w/en b&nc/es of /&manitarian NG7s flocks to a site in t/e searc/ for relief

    work T/is tends to concentrate t/e attention of bot/ NG7s and donors on j&st a few

    global /&manitarian /ots"ots

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    and Afg/anistan% as sc/olars /ave even observed deliberate &nderbidding b NG7s for

    "roject contracts in t/ese settings BA!! And alt/o&g/ in t/e wake of t/e Ts&nami in

    so&t/east Asia% a wave of "rivate donations red&ced t/e financial im"ortance of

    contracting% NG7s nevert/eless intensel com"eted for international media attention and

    bid &" salaries for local staff members in order to s"end t/ese si@able earmarked f&nds on

    s&itable "rojects BHarris -))5 and #tirrat -))5

    7ne meas&re t/at some NG7s are now taking to c&rb s&c/ "otentiall destr&ctive

    com"etition is to carteli@e t/e distrib&tion of aid b establis/ing a consorti&m in t/e field

    among re"&table NG7s

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    contracting o""ort&nities

    Contracting and %gent %utonom'

    7n t/e iss&e of a&tonom among contracting governors% t/e two cases also reveal

    significant differences 9n t/e 9ra? case% t/e ado"tion of cost4"l&s contracts% "oor

    oversig/t and a lack of central coordination and management% led to nearl &nc/ecked

    a&tonom on t/e "art of larger contractors $ contrast% t/e increasing &se of fixed "rice%

    bilateral contracts in t/e /&manitarians sector /as constrained t/e actions and

    a&tonom of NG7s% forcing t/em to align t/eir own organi@ational missions and

    "riorities wit/ t/ose of donors in order to sec&re and maintain external f&nding

    Contracting and A&tonom &nder Cost4Pl&s Contracts in 9ra?

    9n 9ra?% major reconstr&ction contractors were initiall too a&tonomo&s 9n

    organi@ational terms% contracts were awarded b distinct reconstr&ction f&nction% b&t

    contractors lacked an kind of central coordination mec/anism to "lan or even exc/ange

    basic information abo&t reconstr&ction "riorities

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    overs"ending and overbilling b =$;% t/e largest of t/e reconstr&ction contractors =$;

    emerged from t/e war wit/ a m&lti4billion dollar% no4bid contract to re"air 9ra?0s oil

    infrastr&ct&re and was also contracted to s&""l '# militar cam"s wit/ meals and

    amenities According to investigative re"orter C/ristian iller% =$; delivered on its

    overall obligations% b&t did so at exorbitant cost Biller -))5 A&dits b t/e !efense

    Contracting Agenc% t/e Pentagon0s "rimar oversig/t office% concl&ded t/at t/e

    com"an /ad inflated its costs and failed to kee" track of ex"endit&res and reven&es

    6xtreme exam"les abo&nd: in one ccle% =$; billed t/e government for K,)) "er bag of

    la&ndr it serviced and a""roximatel K-E. for soda "er soldier Biller -))5: ,% (

    =$; em"loees re"orted t/at rat/er t/an re"air com"onents of existing e?&i"ment% s&c/

    as oil filters in tr&cks% t/e were enco&raged b management to act&all destro t/e entire

    "iece of e?&i"ment Bin w/at became known as t/e b&rning "it and sim"l bill for a

    re"lacement #everal exec&tives were acc&sed of taking millions of dollars in kickbacks

    from s&bcontractors across vario&s "rojects% w/ile t/e com"an was ca&g/t billing K.)

    million for a contract t/at /ad been "revio&sl cancelled and was acc&sed of c/arging

    K-)) million for meals t/at were never act&all served to soldiers Biller -))5: ,4-

    $ A&g&st -))E a !o! a&ditor fo&nd t/at =$; co&ld not s&""ort K, billion in

    ex"enses or abo&t E- of t/e KE( billion in bills t/at were reviewed B70Harrow Ir

    -))E

    #imilarl% a recent re"ort b t/e #"ecial 9ns"ector General for 9ra? ;econstr&ction

    on t/e "erformance of $ec/tel Ft/e first com"re/ensive eval&ation of single contractor0s

    "erformance in 9ra? Bas o""osed to a "roject F fo&nd t/at t/e com"an onl met ,) o&t

    of -E of its original "roject goals% w/ile most "rojects were canceled% red&ced or never

    com"leted as designed BGlan@ -)). 7verall% as of A&g&st -)). Pentagon ins"ectors

    were still investigating ab&se and corr&"tion in abo&t K5 billion wort/ of militar

    contracts% most of t/em for s&""lies BT/om"son and #c/mitt -)).

    1/at led =$;% $ec/tel and ot/er '# contractors to act in s&c/ a blatantl

    a&tonomo&s and o""ort&nistic manner2 Above all% t/e &ncertaint of t/e "ost4conflict

    environment% t/e lack of oversig/t and t/e cost4"l&s contracts gave ever incentive to

    t/ese com"anies to inflate costs and ind&lge in excesses wit/o&t fear t/at '# reg&lators

    Coole4,*

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    wo&ld sanction t/em As arie de+o&ng% a Hallib&rton em"loee in =&wait observed of

    t/ese contract&al incentives and lax monitoring% t/ere was t/is w/ole t/o&g/t "rocess

    t/at we co&ld s"end w/atever we want to beca&se t/e government won0t crack down in

    t/e first ear of a war T/e /ave no incentive w/atsoever to be "r&dent 9t0s cost "l&s

    Biller -))5: , !es"ite n&mero&s critical re"orts% neit/er t/e Pentagon nor t/e CPA

    seemed concerned wit/ reigning in excesses or "&nis/ing offending contractors% w/ile

    Congressional oversig/t into t/e iss&e was minimal

    Contracting and A&tonom &nder

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    and c&lt&res of man NG7s B#milie and inear -))(: 5

    9t is t/erefore diffic&lt to disentangle t/e organi@ational effects of bilaterali@ation

    on /&manitarian NG7s from t/ose of "roject contracting% as t/e former /as bro&g/t m&c/

    more of t/e latter Nevert/eless% bilaterali@ation% from t/e donor0s "ers"ective% is

    effective to a large degree beca&se states now directl can &se f&nding as a mec/anism of

    control

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    T/e now infamo&s Ab& G/raib and $lackwater scandals bot/ drew attention to

    t/e lingering acco&ntabilit iss&es raised b t/e "ersistence of contractor imm&nit 9n

    bot/ cases% neit/er t/e 9ra?i government% wit/ allegedl sovereign a&t/orit% not t/e '#

    government /eld contractors acco&ntable for t/eir actions 9n t/e case of Ab& G/raib%

    abo&t one /alf of t/e interrogators involved in t/e "rison ab&se scandals were /ired as

    contractors b t/e firms CAC9 and Titan% as t/e former /ad been given t/e "rison contract

    as a follow4on to its "roject to extract data from 9ra?i government information sstems

    None of CAC90s civilian contractors were c/arged or "rosec&ted for t/eir role in t/e

    scandal #imilarl% t/e $lackwater e"isode of #e"tember -)).% in w/ic/ a team of

    sec&rit g&ards contracted to "rotect '# #tate !e"artment "ersonnel allegedl o"en

    fired on a gro&" of 9ra?i civilians% killing ,5 in t/e "rocess% "rom"ted t/e 9ra?i

    government to tr to terminate $lackwater0s contract and revoke t/e imm&nit g&arantee

    for foreign contractors Aro&nd t/e same% '# federal a&t/orities anno&nced t/at t/e

    were investigating allegations t/at $lackwater em"loees /ad &sed t/eir "ositions in 9ra?

    to sm&ggle arms

    T/e fragmentation of acco&ntabilit is also a major concern in t/e /&manitarian

    sector As in t/e reconstr&ction case% it remains &nclear w/ere act&al res"onsibilit for a

    "roject lies among t/e vario&s contracting NG7s and donorsE" postinvestigations into

    acc&sations of wrongdoing or misa""ro"riation once f&nds /ave been dis"ersed are

    diffic&lt and b&rdensome for all "arties involved 9nterviewed officials w/o work in t/e

    /&manitarian sector admit t/at s&c/ investigations are ver rarel% if ever% &ndertaken 7n

    t/e ot/er /and% in some settings some degree of coll&sion among donors% contractors and

    "roject targets seems to be sstematicall tolerated #ome /ave even arg&ed t/at t/e

    "arties involved in t/e contracting sstem /ave few incentives to t/oro&g/l investigate

    allegations of financial irreg&larities or errors in t/e field

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    international aid "resence 9ndeed% citing a recent article b ic/ael 1rong of t/e '=

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    t/e relations/i" between actors in t/e /&manitarian network Among NG7s% t/e scramble

    for relief contracts /as led to com"etitive be/avior over "roject contracts and t/e

    &nwillingness to exc/ange even t/e most basic information abo&t t/eir activities and

    "lans in t/e field 8arr inear and 9an #mile fo&nd t/at t/e /&manitarian sector is now

    c/aracteri@ed b mistr&st and o"a?&eness and b a s&r"rising degree of s&s"icion and

    reci"rocal anti"at/ between donors and NG7s Binear and #milie -))(: -

    9nevitabl% man of t/ese iss&es are bro&g/t &" in t/e context of a disc&ssion abo&t t/e

    need to im"rove aid coordination% a to"ic t/at remains &bi?&ito&s in t/e ind&str

    literat&re However% w/at ver few "ractitioners acknowledge is t/at t/e contracting

    sstem itself ma str&ct&rall in/ibit effective coordination and ma act&all erode t/e

    ver tr&st necessar to im"rove it ax #te"/enson0s overview of /&manitarian

    coordination and t/e develo"ment of inter4organi@ational tr&st observes t/at% as for

    commitment4 based tr&st% if a coordinator m&st rel on Ot/e contract0 to sec&re

    coo"eration and coordination% it seems likel t/at matters between t/e organi@ations /ave

    descended to a diffic&lt "lace B#te"/enson -))3: (E3 $&t if t/e t/eoretical analsis

    advanced in t/is "a"er is correct% it is t/e ver contract itself t/at ma be eroding tr&st

    wit/in t/e /&manitarian network 9t is &nlikel% t/erefore% t/at tr&st can be generated in

    addition to or on to" of t/ese formal contract&al relations/i"s

    T/ese inter"retations are s&""orted b st&dies of contracting and t/e develo"ment

    of tr&st in ot/er emerging areas of global governance

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    inse"arable from t/e actions and strategies of governing agents

    T/e terms of contracts "rovide incentives for actions and act&all transform t/e

    internal "riorities of organi@ations As t/e cases of 9ra?i reconstr&ction and t/e

    international /&manitarian sector s&ggest% s&c/ incentive4based be/avior also can affect

    t/e networks and relational ties between global governors T/ese cases indicate t/at t/e

    t"e of contract and oversig/t can /ave differential effects on t/e a&tonom and t/e

    com"etitive be/avior of governors However in bot/ cases% t/e &se of contracting was

    fo&nd to dissi"ate t/e acco&ntabilit among governors and erode tr&st 7f co&rse% t/ese

    findings ma not travel to all instances of global governance and f&t&re st&dies s/o&ld tr

    to discern t/e act&al effects of contracts in individ&al sectors b com"aring t/e be/avior

    of governors o"erating on contracts wit/ t/ose w/o don0t

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    needs to be m&c/ more extensivel anal@ed b sc/olars and "ractitioners alike

    Coole4-5

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    References

    Axelord% ;obert ,*E The Evolution of Cooperation New +ork: $asic $ooksAvant% !ebora/ -))5 T/e 9m"lications of arketi@ed #ec&rit for 9; T/eor: T/e

    !emocratic Peace% 8ate #tate $&ilding and t/e Nat&re and

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    Co&ntries%#ealth Polic' and Planning Jol ,(% No ,: (-4E)70Harrow Ir% ;obert -))E A&ditor Critici@es 9ra? Contract 7versig/t: Hallib&rton

    'nit

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    Hartford% Conn: =&marian1ang% #/aog&ang -))5 one A&tonom: Patterns of Civil #ociet


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