Research Article

A Comparative Analysis of the Role of the UN and EU in Multilateral Development Cooperation in the post-2008 Era

Volume: 8 Number: Özel Sayı December 8, 2020
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A Comparative Analysis of the Role of the UN and EU in Multilateral Development Cooperation in the post-2008 Era

Abstract

There has been tremendous evolution in terms of both the institutionalization as well as the quantitative increase in multilateral development efforts since the end of the Second World War. Yet, the real qualitative progress of multilateral aid channeled through international organizations (IOs) has always been contested throughout history. Especially after 2008 financial crisis, neoliberal norms of development have been challenged by decreasing fate on democracy, multilateralism as well as competitive alternative models of development cooperation among developing countries of the Global South. In this context, this paper attempts to comparatively examine the policies of two main constitutive IOs, the UN and the EU in multilateral development efforts in the post-2008 era. To this aim, the paper will scrutinize official development aid statistics data from OECD between 2011-2017 in order to assess whether there has been a significant change in their aid efforts. The paper concludes that UN system has continued to be the main actor in the development cooperation funding in 2000s. While the EU still maintains the status of biggest core (direct/non-restricted) donor, the UN increasingly becomes a non-core (sector, program and region-driven) donor of the multilateral development system. Yet, crises of neoliberalism in the changing world order have an impact on the role of these IOs in terms of the implementation of a “rule-based” development cooperation system as well the sustainability of their “normative” actorness.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

International Relations

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

December 8, 2020

Submission Date

July 4, 2020

Acceptance Date

November 26, 2020

Published in Issue

Year 2020 Volume: 8 Number: Özel Sayı

APA
Esentürk, N., & Oğuz Gök, G. (2020). A Comparative Analysis of the Role of the UN and EU in Multilateral Development Cooperation in the post-2008 Era. Marmara Üniversitesi Siyasal Bilimler Dergisi, 8(Özel Sayı), 40-58. https://doi.org/10.14782/marmarasbd.764018
AMA
1.Esentürk N, Oğuz Gök G. A Comparative Analysis of the Role of the UN and EU in Multilateral Development Cooperation in the post-2008 Era. Marmara Üniversitesi Siyasal Bilimler Dergisi. 2020;8(Özel Sayı):40-58. doi:10.14782/marmarasbd.764018
Chicago
Esentürk, Nevra, and Gonca Oğuz Gök. 2020. “A Comparative Analysis of the Role of the UN and EU in Multilateral Development Cooperation in the Post-2008 Era”. Marmara Üniversitesi Siyasal Bilimler Dergisi 8 (Özel Sayı): 40-58. https://doi.org/10.14782/marmarasbd.764018.
EndNote
Esentürk N, Oğuz Gök G (December 1, 2020) A Comparative Analysis of the Role of the UN and EU in Multilateral Development Cooperation in the post-2008 Era. Marmara Üniversitesi Siyasal Bilimler Dergisi 8 Özel Sayı 40–58.
IEEE
[1]N. Esentürk and G. Oğuz Gök, “A Comparative Analysis of the Role of the UN and EU in Multilateral Development Cooperation in the post-2008 Era”, Marmara Üniversitesi Siyasal Bilimler Dergisi, vol. 8, no. Özel Sayı, pp. 40–58, Dec. 2020, doi: 10.14782/marmarasbd.764018.
ISNAD
Esentürk, Nevra - Oğuz Gök, Gonca. “A Comparative Analysis of the Role of the UN and EU in Multilateral Development Cooperation in the Post-2008 Era”. Marmara Üniversitesi Siyasal Bilimler Dergisi 8/Özel Sayı (December 1, 2020): 40-58. https://doi.org/10.14782/marmarasbd.764018.
JAMA
1.Esentürk N, Oğuz Gök G. A Comparative Analysis of the Role of the UN and EU in Multilateral Development Cooperation in the post-2008 Era. Marmara Üniversitesi Siyasal Bilimler Dergisi. 2020;8:40–58.
MLA
Esentürk, Nevra, and Gonca Oğuz Gök. “A Comparative Analysis of the Role of the UN and EU in Multilateral Development Cooperation in the Post-2008 Era”. Marmara Üniversitesi Siyasal Bilimler Dergisi, vol. 8, no. Özel Sayı, Dec. 2020, pp. 40-58, doi:10.14782/marmarasbd.764018.
Vancouver
1.Nevra Esentürk, Gonca Oğuz Gök. A Comparative Analysis of the Role of the UN and EU in Multilateral Development Cooperation in the post-2008 Era. Marmara Üniversitesi Siyasal Bilimler Dergisi. 2020 Dec. 1;8(Özel Sayı):40-58. doi:10.14782/marmarasbd.764018

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