Deadlocks in multilateral negotiations : causes and solutions

 Content: Introduction / Amrita Narlikar --
 pt. 1. Disciplinary insights. The politics of deadlock / Andrew Gamble ; From Bretton Woods to Havana : multilateral deadlocks in historical perspective / Martin Daunton ; Talking one's ways out of strikes / William Brown ; Litigating the way out of deadlock : the WTO, the EU, and the UN / Markus Gehring --
 pt. 2. Case studies. Transatlantic intransigence in the Doha Round : domestic politics and the difficulty of compromise / Alasdair R. Young ; Know the enemy : uncertainty and deadlock in the WTO / Amrita Narlikar and Pieter van Houten ; Entering the zone of agreement : the United States in climate change negotiations / Sevasti-Eleni Vezirgiannidou ; The role of informal negotiation processes in the breaking of deadlocks : the case of the UN Security Council / Jochen Prantl ; Negotiating international policies on Kosovo / Pieter van Houten ; Beyond negotiation deadlocks : the importance of mediation and leadership change / Jacob Bercovitch and Carmela Lutmar --
 Conclusion : case studies as evidence : lessons learned / Daniel Druckman and Amrita Narlikar.
 Abstract:             
              Examines the causes and consequences of deadlocks in multilateral settings, and analyses strategies for breaking them.                 Read more...