Deadlocks in multilateral negotiations : causes and solutions /

"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, hypothesize...

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Other Authors: Narlikar, Amrita
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
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Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: Introduction Amrita Narlikar; Part I. Disciplinary Insights: 1. The politics of deadlock Andrew Gamble; 2. From Bretton Woods to Havana: multilateral deadlocks in historical perspective Martin Daunton; 3. Talking one's ways out of strikes William Brown; 4. Litigating the way out of deadlock: the WTO, the EU, and the UN Markus Gehring; Part II. Case Studies: 5. Transatlantic intransigence in the Doha Round: domestic politics and the difficulty of compromise Alasdair Young; 6. Know the enemy: uncertainty and deadlock in the WTO Amrita Narlikar and Pieter van Houten; 7. Entering the zone of agreement: the US in climate change negotiations Eleni Vezirgiannidou; 8. The role of informal negotiation processes in the breaking of deadlocks: the case of the UN Security Council Jochen Prantl; 9. Negotiating international policies over Kosovo Pieter van Houten; 10. Beyond negotiation deadlocks: the importance of mediation and leadership change Jacob Bercovitch and Carmela Lutmar; Conclusion Daniel Druckman and Amrita Narlikar.