Global bargaining : UNCTAD and the quest for a new international economic order / Robert L. Rothstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rothstein, Robert L., author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Princeton Legacy Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Commodity control.

Commercial policy.

International economic relations.

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (303 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1979.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Negotiations on an international commodity policy have been the central issue on the North-South agenda for the past three years. They also can be seen as the first major effort to give substantive meaning to the Third World's desire not only for a new regime for the world's raw commodity trade but also for a New International Economic Order. Yet various obstacles have impeded successful North-South bargaining, and the negotiations remain at a stalemate. Focusing on the bargaining process between developed and developing countries in the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Robert Rothstein analyzes the factors that have inhibited successful negotiation and suggests ways in which these obstacles might be removed. The first part of the book focuses on the specifics of the commodity debate, while in the second part the author attempts to explain the causes of delay, misunderstanding, and mistrust within the negotiating process. Assessing the possibility of devising an effective bargaining policy among unequal parties with conflicting values and interests, Professor Rothstein suggests a number of structural, institutional, and conceptual reforms.Originally published in 1979.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

Chapter 1. The Quest for Settlements in the North-South Arena

PART ONE. Commodities and the Quest for a New International Economic Order

Chapter 2. The Commodity Debate

Chapter 3. The Integrated Program for Commodities

Chapter 4. Commodity Bargaining

PART TWO. Global Bargaining: Reforming The Process of Settlement

Chapter 5. UNCTAD and the Institutional Crisis

Chapter 6. Institutional Reform: Is What is Possible Sufficient?

Chapter 7. The Quest for Rules In the North-South Arena

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

0-691-61646-9

0-691-64375-X

0-691-02190-2

1-4008-6854-8

OCLC:

903442314