Reshaping Global Governance Norms through Public-Private Partnerships: The Role Private Actors Play in Promoting African Food Security in the G8’s New Alliance
Date
2016-10-19
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Masters
Abstract
Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) have become an integral part of global architecture, and
efforts to bring public and private actors together to solve policy issues are reshaping global
norms. The purpose of this exploratory research is to investigate the extent to which PPPs
entrench private sector involvement in global governance, setting a universal norm wherein
private entities are at the forefront of global policymaking—specifically in reference to one
issue, that of promoting food security. The constructivist approach taken here focuses on the
creation and legitimization of new global policymaking norms by examining identities and
interests related to the G8 New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition, with a particular focus
on Ghana and its private sector partners. To demonstrate how the PPP concept is becoming a
global norm, the analysis reviews the notion through a process of knowledge development that
includes three steps—normalization, fragmentation, and assimilation. Examples from around the
world detailing PPP institutionalization are given to show how PPPs have been normalized and
fragmented on the global scale. Then, Ghanaian-focused documents along with relevant
examples from Ethiopia and Tanzania are analyzed to explore how the PPP concept is being
assimilated under the G8’s New Alliance.
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Public, private, partnership, global, governance, norms, G8, food security
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Degree
Master of Arts (M.A.)
Department
Political Studies
Program
Political Science