Dear colleagues, Apologies for cross-postings, but I thought some of you may be interested in my new book published by Edward Elgar in hardback and ebook:
The Politics of Climate Change Negotiations: Strategies and Variables in Prolonged International Negotiations The Politics of Climate Change Negotiations describes the successes and failures of protracted international negotiations and most importantly, examines the lessons they hold for the future. Drawing on more than 100 interviews with climate change insiders, including former ministers, chief negotiators and presidential advisers, Christian Downie presents a rare inside account of why states agree to what they do and why they change their position in long negotiations. He also identifies eight strategies that others can use to influence the most powerful states in the world. Christian Downie's historical look at the negotiating behavior of the United States and the European Union during international efforts to implement a meaningful climate change treaty, go a long way toward explaining why current negotiations are bogged down. His findings about the impact of domestic politics on international negotiations should not be overlooked. The only way we will able to move to a new set of enforceable and meaningful greenhouse gas reduction commitments is to understand why past approaches have not worked.' - Lawrence Susskind, Harvard Law School, US 'This is an enormously well-researched study that addresses an important hitherto-unanswered problem of negotiations. Usually single instances are analyzed but what about serial negotiations that return again and again to the subject, where the parties change position in their course? Downie tells us how this happens and in the process, enriches our understanding of negotiation. I enjoyed reading this book.' - I. William Zartman, The Johns Hopkins University, US The first chapter of the book is available online<http://www.e-elgar.co.uk/bookentry_main.lasso?currency=US&id=15650> and copies for review are available on request from Edward Elgar<http://www.e-elgar.co.uk/contactus.lasso>. I have attached a flyer with a discount code. Warm regards Christian Dr. Christian Downie Vice Chancellor's Postdoctoral Research Fellow Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences * The University of New South Wales * Sydney NSW 2052, Australia Phone: +61 (2) 9385 0571 * Email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> * Twitter: @DownieChristian<https://twitter.com/DownieChristian> * Website: https://research.unsw.edu.au/people/dr-christian-downie -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
