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This book shows that political narratives can promote or thwart the
prospects for international cooperation and are major factors in
international negotiation processes in the 21st century. In a world
that is experiencing waves of right-wing and left-wing populism,
international cooperation has become increasingly difficult. This
volume focuses on how the intersubjective identities of political
parties and narratives shape their respective values, interests and
negotiating behaviors and strategies. Through a series of
comparative case studies, the book explains how and why narratives
contribute to negotiation failure or deadlock in some circumstances
and why, in others, they do not because a new narrative that
garners public and political support has emerged through the
process of negotiation. The book also examines how narratives
interact with negotiation principles, and alter the bargaining
range of a negotiation, including the ability to make concessions.
This book will be of much interest to students of international
negotiation, economics, security studies and international
relations.
This book shows that political narratives can promote or thwart the
prospects for international cooperation and are major factors in
international negotiation processes in the 21st century. In a world
that is experiencing waves of right-wing and left-wing populism,
international cooperation has become increasingly difficult. This
volume focuses on how the intersubjective identities of political
parties and narratives shape their respective values, interests and
negotiating behaviors and strategies. Through a series of
comparative case studies, the book explains how and why narratives
contribute to negotiation failure or deadlock in some circumstances
and why, in others, they do not because a new narrative that
garners public and political support has emerged through the
process of negotiation. The book also examines how narratives
interact with negotiation principles, and alter the bargaining
range of a negotiation, including the ability to make concessions.
This book will be of much interest to students of international
negotiation, economics, security studies and international
relations.
How and why do countries bargain together in world affairs? Why are
such coalitions crucial to developing nations? What effects do
these blocs have on world affairs? This new study asks and answers
these key questions, showing why successful coalition building is a
difficult and expensive process: allies need to be carefully
identified, large numbers do not always mean a proportionate
increase in influence. The weak have the choice of teaming up
against or jumping on the bandwagon with the strong. Even after it
has been organized, collective action entails costs of many kinds.
This book also investigates the relevance and workability of
coalitions as an instrument of bargaining power for the weak. More
specifically, it analyzes the coalition strategies of developing
countries at the inter-state level, particularly in the context of
international trade. Given the nature of this enquiry, this new
study uses theoretical and empirical methods to complement each
other. Through new case-studies of the Uruguay Round and an
analytical overview of more recent coalitions, this is an important
contribution to international political economy and international
relations, where most GATT/WTO-based coalitions have eluded record.
This book will be of great interest to all students of
international relations, politics and globalization.
Contents: Introduction 1. Bargaining Together: Why and How? 2. Coalitions in the GATT and the Entry of Services 3. Bloc Diplomacy: The Informal Group and the G-10 4. Alliance Diplomacy: The Issue-Based, Crossover Coalitions of G-20 and Café au Lait 5. Combination Diplomacy: Issue-Based Blocs and Sub-Sectoral Crossover Coalitions 6. Evolved Alliances: The Cairns Group and Friends of Services Group 7. Regionalism: A Springboard for Bargaining? 8. Coalitions of the New Round: Developing Countries at Seattle and Doha 9. Conclusion
This book addresses the puzzle, Can David take on Goliath in
multilateral economic negotiations, and if so, then under what
conditions? The question of how the weak bargain with the strong in
international politics is exciting theoretically and empirically.
In a world of ever-increasing interdependence, and also a time of
economic crisis, it acquires even greater significance. With the
help of issue-specific case studies, the volume offers new insights
into the vulnerabilities that small states face in multilateral
economic negotiations, and also mechanisms whereby these weaknesses
might be overcome and even used as an advantage. The attention that
this volume pays to questions of smallness and negotiation allow it
to address a long-standing problem of international politics. The
case studies, which cover monetary, financial, trade, and climate
change negotiations, ensure a unique and valuable topicality to the
volume. This book was published as a special issue of The Round
Table.
Being the new kid on the block is seldom easy at any level, and it
is certainly not easy in the anarchical world of international
politics. New powers such as Brazil, China and India have to tread
a difficult balance as they negotiate their way to the top. They
must signal a sufficient level of conformity to show that they do
not pose a threat to the system, and thereby avoid preemptive
reprisals. But habitually conciliatory diplomacy is likely to lead
established powers to regard them as pushovers. Effective
bargaining holds the key to finding the balance between these
extremes. Established powers also have no straightforward answers
available to them. If the aims of the new power are limited, then
engagement is a worthwhile enterprise. But if they are radically
revisionist or revolutionary, then its disruptive potential to the
system may necessitate containment from the established powers.
Assessing the intentions of new powers and responding appropriately
is crucial for the maintenance of international peace and
stability. The key to such an assessment lies in an analysis of
negotiation behaviour, which Narlikar examines in the case of the
three most important candidates vying for great power status today
- Brazil, China, and India. Together they present some fascinating
commonalities in their diplomacy but also significant differences.
The range of cases of new powers studied here also allows us some
scope for generalization on how new entrants into great power clubs
might behave, and what strategies the established powers can use
most effectively to accommodate their rise.
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is scarcely ten years old, but
even in these early years of its existence it has generated debate,
controversy and even outrage. Rulings on beef hormones and
tuna-dolphin cases provide graphic examples of how the organization
regulates and intrudes into areas of individual consumer choice,
ethical preferences, and cultural habits. This deep and far-ranging
impact of the WTO on peoples' everyday lives means that it is not
just an institution of interest to economists, but to everyone, a
fact that was perhaps most graphically illustrated in the popular
demonstrations at the 1999 Seattle Ministerial. Such protests have
become a regular feature associated with most high-level meetings
of the WTO. This VSI will provide a timely and carefully considered
explanation of what the WTO is, what it does, and how it goes about
executing its tasks. A clear understanding of the mandate,
structure and functioning of the WTO is essential to appreciate the
controversy behind the organization, and how far it deserves the
reputation that it has come to acquire. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very
Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains
hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized
books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly.
Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas,
and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly
readable.
The Oxford Handbook on the World Trade Organization provides an
authoritative and cutting-edge account of the World Trade
Organization. Its purpose is to provide a holistic understanding of
what the WTO does, how it goes about fulfilling its tasks, its
achievements and problems, and how it might contend with some
critical challenges. The Handbook benefits from an
interdisciplinary approach. The editorial team comprises a
transatlantic partnership between a political scientist, a
historian, and an economist. The distinguished and international
team of contributors to the volume includes leading political
scientists, historians, economists, lawyers, and practitioners
working in the area of multilateral trade. All the chapters present
original and state-of-the-art research material. They critically
engage with existing academic and policy debates, and also
contribute to the evolution of the field by setting the agenda for
current and future WTO studies.The Handbook is aimed at research
institutions, university academics, post-graduate students, and
final-year undergraduates working in the areas of international
organization, trade policy and negotiations, global economic
governance, and economic diplomacy. As such, it should find an
enthusiastic readership amongst students and scholars in History,
Economics, Political Science, International Relations, Public
Policy, and Law. Equally important, the book should have direct
relevance for diplomats, international bureaucrats, government
officials, and other policy-makers and practitioners in the area of
trade and economic governance.
The need to negotiate effectively with India is only growing as its
power rises. Understanding the negotiating culture wherein India's
bargaining behaviour is embedded forms a crucial step to facilitate
this process. In the literature on international negotiation,
experimental studies point to specific behavioural characteristics
of Indian negotiators. Empirical analyses confirm these findings,
and many suggest that the sources of India's negotiation behaviour
are deep-rooted and culture-specific, going beyond what standard
explanations of interest group politics, partisan politics, or
institutional politics would suggest. But there are very few works
that trace these sources. Extensive sociological and
anthropological, and comparative political studies remain confined
to their own fields, and do not develop their implications for
Indian foreign policy or negotiation. There is a conspicuous lack
of works that attempt to unpack the "negotiating culture" variable
using literary sources. This book aims to fill both these gaps. It
focuses on India's negotiating traditions through the lens of the
classical Sanskrit text, the Mahabharata, and investigates the
continuities and changes in India's negotiation behaviour as a
rising power.
Deadlocks are a feature of everyday life, as well as high politics.
This volume focuses on the concept, causes, and consequences of
deadlocks in multilateral settings, and analyses the types of
strategies that could be used to break them. It commences with a
definition of deadlock, hypothesizes about its occurrence, and
proposes solutions. Each chapter then makes an original
contribution to the issue of deadlock - theoretical,
methodological, or empirical - and further tests the original
concepts and hypotheses, either theoretically or through case-study
analysis, developing or altering them accordingly. This is a unique
volume which provides an in-depth examination of the problem of
deadlock and a more thorough understanding of specific negotiation
problems than has ever been done before. It will be directly
relevant to students, researchers, teachers, and scholars of
negotiation and will also be of interest to practitioners involved
in negotiation and diplomacy.
Deadlocks are a feature of everyday life, as well as high politics.
This volume focuses on the concept, causes, and consequences of
deadlocks in multilateral settings, and analyses the types of
strategies that could be used to break them. It commences with a
definition of deadlock, hypothesises about its occurrence, and
proposes solutions. Each chapter then makes an original
contribution to the issue of deadlock - theoretical,
methodological, or empirical - and further tests the original
concepts and hypotheses, either theoretically or through case-study
analysis, developing or altering them accordingly. This is a unique
volume which provides an in-depth examination of the problem of
deadlock and a more thorough understanding of specific negotiation
problems than has ever been done before. It will be directly
relevant to students, researchers, teachers, and scholars of
negotiation and will also be of interest to practitioners involved
in negotiation and diplomacy.
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