African coalitions and global economic governance / Michael Byron Nelson.
2016
KQC742 .N45 2016 (Mapit)
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African coalitions and global economic governance / Michael Byron Nelson.
Imprint
New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Copyright
©2016.
Description
xii, 281 pages ; 24 cm
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction
Part One. Theory & background
Institutional systems
Viewing governance from below
Coalitions
Part Two. Cases
Global food safety governance and Africa
Global IP governance and African coalitions
Africa and the governance of agricultural trade
Conclusion.
Part One. Theory & background
Institutional systems
Viewing governance from below
Coalitions
Part Two. Cases
Global food safety governance and Africa
Global IP governance and African coalitions
Africa and the governance of agricultural trade
Conclusion.
Summary
The proliferation of international institutions with overlapping scope and authority over issue areas creates strategic dilemmas for all states. While African states are often considered marginalised in world politics and global markets, Michael Byron Nelson shows how coalitions can form a crucial part of African strategies to influence international institutions and achieve results. Building a bottom-up analysis of global governance, through legal analysis, content analysis, and in-depth interviews, Nelson illuminates institutional and coalition dynamics through case studies of three key areas - food safety, intellectual property, and agricultural trade. He highlights the difficulties encountered by coalitions attempting to navigate institutional systems, emerging from institutional thickness (increasing the number of institutions involved) and integration (increasing the formal linkages between those institutions). Finally, Nelson shows how increasing the hierarchy of an institutional system, by creating a focal point on a single institution, can make coordination easier for coalitions.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Location
STA
Call Number
KQC742 .N45 2016
Language
English
ISBN
9781107140196 hardcover
1107140196 hardcover
1107140196 hardcover
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