Negotiating the Kyoto Protocol : an analysis of negotiation dynamics in international negotiations / Heike Schröder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schröder, Heike.

Series:

Münchener Beiträge zur Geschichte und Gegenwart der internationalen Politik ; Bd. 9.

Münchener Beiträge zur Geschichte und Gegenwart der internationalen Politik ; Bd. 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (1992)--Protocols, etc. (1997 December 11).

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Negotiation.

Climatic changes.

Physical Description:

193 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Münster : Lit ; Piscataway, NJ : Distributed in North America by Transaction Publishers, [2001]

Summary:

Climate change has become an important policy area, one which has been gaining momentum since the adoption of the Kyoto Protocol in December 1997. The book presents an introduction to the historical, legal and political foundations of the Kyoto Protocol, and offers a through analysis of the negotiation process at the Kyoto Conference. It investigates the positions, interest and strategies of three crucial players, the EU, US and Japan, on this issue of climate change and examines how these influences the outcome of the negotiations. The book presents a unique case study of an international negotiation process, negotiation strategies and conference dynamics. It is an indispensable guide for political scientists, policy makers, negotiators and all interested in negotiation process and the politics of climate change.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [101]-117).

ISBN:

3825854469

OCLC:

49235248