Middle Powers in World Trade Diplomacy: India, South Africa and the Doha Development Agenda

by C. Efstathopoulos

Overview

Examining how leading developing countries are increasingly shaping international economic negotiations, this book uses the case studies of India and South Africa to demonstrate the ability of states to exert diplomatic influence through different bargaining strategies and represent the interests of the developing world in global governance.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137381750
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	03/18/2015
Series:	Studies in Diplomacy and International Relations
Edition description:	2015
Pages:	219
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.02(d)

About the Author

Charalampos Efstathopoulos is a Lecturer in International Politics at Aberystwyth University, UK. He specialises in Indian and South African foreign policy, the World Trade Organisation, and theoretical approaches to middle powers.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Middle Power Diplomacy in International Relations 2. The Doha Development Agenda, 2000-1 3. The Middle Power Offensive, 2002-3 4. A New Leadership, 2004-5 5. The Informal Process and Crisis-management, 2006-13 6. Southern Middle Powers in Comparative Perspective

Editorial Reviews

"Global governance is increasingly influenced by emerging economies, something which the status quo powers must acknowledge and accommodate. Nowhere is this better exemplified than in the discussions within the WTO, not least in the Doha round of talks. This important book provides a much-needed comparative analysis of the roles of two key developing countries India and South Africa in these often contentious deliberations. The author's detailed analysis gives an excellent overview and analytical appraisal of how New Delhi and Pretoria adopted various positions during the Doha process and why. As the BRICS become ever more important in global affairs, Charalampos Efstathopoulos' book is a major contribution in the current debates about the role of Southern powers in global governance and how this is likely to play out in the future." - Ian Taylor, University of St. Andrews, UK

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