GEOLOGY 002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Rein, Least Developed Countries, Multilateralism
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Problem statement: uses game theory to explore properties of self-enforcing. International environmental agreement: works as institution that punishes free riding, must be self-enforcing. O"brien and gowan (2012) what makes international agreements work: defining factors of success. Problem statement: study the factors that make international agreements successful or fail; what works in multilateralism. Reaching agreement looks increasingly challenging, with the potential for sharp divisions between key actors on the scope and depth of the post-2015 agenda. Emerging economies have a vastly increased role in international decision-making. Change in political dynamics around negotiations: politics of designing multilateral agreements, successful when there is political buy-in in advance, needs support of key domestic constituencies in the states involved; they. Introduction: defining agreements in the context of international regimes: International agreement: multilateral accord between sovereign states that is global in scope: goal: tackle common challenges that sovereign states cannot minimize on their own. Not necessarily equally shared but state cannot cope on own.
