In recent years, scholarship on international organisations (IO) has devoted increasing attention to the relations in which IOs are embedded. In this article, we argue that the rationalist-institutionalist core of this scholarship has been marked by agentic, repressive understandings of power and we propose an alternative approach to power as productive in and of relations among IOs. To study productive power in IO relations, we develop a theoretical framework centred on the concept of ‘metagovernance norms’ as perceptions about the proper ‘governance of governance’ that are shared among IOs in a governance field. Drawing on discourse theory, we contend that metagovernance norms unfold productive power effects, as dominant notions of how to govern well and effectively (i) fix meanings, excluding alternative understandings and (ii) are inscribed into practices and institutions, hence reshaping inter-organisational relations over time. To illustrate our framework, we trace metagovernance norms in discourses among health IOs since the 1990s. We find a historical transformation from beliefs in the virtues of partnerships, pluralisation, and innovation, towards discursive articulations that emphasise harmonisation, order, and alignment. Moreover, we expose the productive power of metagovernance norms by showing how they were enacted through practices and institutions in the global health field.

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国际组织关系中的权力：“良好”治理规范对全球卫生的生产性影响

近年来，关于国际组织（IO）的学术研究越来越关注国际组织所嵌入的关系。在本文中，我们认为该学术的理性主义-制度主义核心以对权力的代理性、压制性理解为标志，我们提出了一种替代方法，将权力视为在 IOs 中和在 IOs 之间的关系中具有生产力。为了研究 IO 关系中的生产力，我们开发了一个以“元治理规范”概念为中心的理论框架，作为对治理领域中 IO 之间共享的适当“治理治理”的看法。借鉴话语理论，我们认为元治理规范展现了生产力效应，作为如何良好有效地治理的主导概念（i）固定意义，排除替代性理解，并且 (ii) 被纳入实践和制度，因此随着时间的推移重塑组织间关系。为了说明我们的框架，我们追溯了自 1990 年代以来卫生 IO 之间话语中的元治理规范。我们发现从相信伙伴关系、多元化和创新的优点到强调协调、秩序和一致性的话语表达的历史转变。此外，我们通过展示它们是如何通过全球卫生领域的实践和机构制定的，揭示了元治理规范的生产力。我们发现从相信伙伴关系、多元化和创新的优点到强调协调、秩序和一致性的话语表达的历史转变。此外，我们通过展示它们是如何通过全球卫生领域的实践和机构制定的，揭示了元治理规范的生产力。我们发现从相信伙伴关系、多元化和创新的优点到强调协调、秩序和一致性的话语表达的历史转变。此外，我们通过展示它们是如何通过全球卫生领域的实践和机构制定的，揭示了元治理规范的生产力。