1st Edition

Small States in Multilateral Economic Negotiations

Edited By Amrita Narlikar Copyright 2014
90 Pages
by Routledge

90 Pages
by Routledge

96 Pages
by Routledge

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... Read more

1. Introduction: Small States in Multilateral Economic Negotiations  Amrita Narlikar  2. The Concept of Small States in the International Political Economy  Paul Sutton  3. Negotiating Crisis: The IMF and Disaster Capitalism in Small States  André  Broome  4. Looking for Plan B: What Next for Island Hosts of Offshore Finance?  Mark P. Hampton and John Christensen  5. Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Small States in the EU–SADC EPA Negotiations  Brendan Vickers  6. The Canaries in the Coalmine: Small States as Climate Change Champions  Richard Benwell

Biography

Amrita Narlikar is Reader in International Political Economy and Director of the Centre for Rising Powers at the University of Cambridge. Her latest books include The Oxford Handbook on the WTO (co-edited), Oxford University Press, 2012, and New Powers: How to become one and how to manage them, Columbia University Press, 2010.