Justice and Fairness in International Negotiation

ISBN-13: 9780521793285 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 284 str.

Cecilia Albin

Opis

International negotiations have become an increasingly widespread feature of international affairs. Cecilia Albin argues that negotiators do not simply pursue their narrow interests or those of their countries, but regularly take principles of justice and fairness into account. Her analysis is based on cases in four important areas: the environment, international trade, ethnic conflict, and arms control. Drawing on a mass of empirical data, including a large number of interviews, she relates the abstract debate over international norms and ethics to the realities of international relations.

Recenzje

"Justice and Fairness in International Negotiation breaks new ground. It is one of the few large-scale efforts to apply ethical criteria to important international phenomena and to do so empirically by using an articulated theoretical framework. Other scholars can profitably build on Albin's work. Her conceptualization is clear, her framework is comprehensive, and the importance of international ethics is further embedded in our collective consciousness." Perspectives on Politics

Spis treści

Part I. Context and Concepts: 1. Introduction; 2. Just and fair? An analytical framework; Part II. Case Studies: 3. Negotiating the environment: justice and fairness in the battle against acid rain; 4. Managing the global economy: disputes over freer and fairer trade in the Uruguay Round of the GATT; 5. Tackling ethnic conflicts: justice, fairness and power in the Israel-PLO interim talks; 6. Can justice and fairness ever matter in arms control? Negotiating the extension of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty; 7. Conclusion.