Negotiating Nafta: Explaining the Outcome in Culture, Textiles, Autos and Pharmaceuticals
Автор:Maryse Robert Год: [не указано] Издание: [не указанo] Страниц: [не указано] ISBN: 0802081703 Since its inception, NAFTA has been the subject of numerous books, conferences, and seminars. Scholars, journalists, representatives of the business community and non-governmental organizations have either provided an overall economic assessment of the agreement or expressed their views on the substance and implications of this deal. This book takes a different approach. Drawing upon a wide range of sources, including extensive interviews with NAFTA negotiators and members of their private sector advisory groups, the book focuses on the objectives of the negotiators, and their resources and tactics in four key sectors. Maryse Robert uses a theoretical framework to help explain the outcome of the NAFTA negotiations in terms of structure and process. Structure is made up of the resources a state brings to the table in a given issue area. Process, in contrast, refers to the state's behavior as expressed by its tactics during negotiation. The key message of the book i! s that it is the...
