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DOI	10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2014.01.007
	Constructed peer groups and path dependence in international organizations: The case of the international climate change negotiations
	Castro P.; Hörnlein L.; Michaelowa K.
发表日期	2014
ISSN	0959-3780
卷号	25 期号:1
英文摘要	International organizations sometimes institutionalize country groupings by specifying differentiated commitments that may, in turn, affect negotiation dynamics. Drawing on incentive-based and socialization arguments, we develop a "constructed peer group" hypothesis suggesting that by creating these groups those organizations may actually construct new lines of confrontation over and above the substance-based disagreements existing between countries. This generates a particular type of path dependence, rendering broad-based international agreements more difficult in the future. We analyze this question at the example of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change's increasingly politicized split between Annex I and non-Annex I countries. Using a self-coded dataset of country oral statements during the negotiations between December 2007 and December 2009 we assess whether Annex I membership influences a country's stance toward other countries' arguments, while controlling for country characteristics that may drive their preferences and the affiliation to Annex I. We find that the split between Annex I and non-Annex I has indeed influenced negotiation behavior and amplified the divide between developing and industrialized countries in the climate negotiations. © 2014 Elsevier Ltd.
英文关键词	Climate change; Differential treatment; International negotiations; Multilateral environmental agreements; Regime design; UNFCCC
语种	英语
来源期刊	Global Environmental Change
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/117807
作者单位	Department of Political Science, University of Zurich, Affolternstrasse 56, 8050 Zurich, Switzerland; Center for Comparative and International Studies, ETH and University of Zurich, Affolternstrasse 56, 8050 Zurich, Switzerland; Department of Law and Economics, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany; Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), B.P. 753, 1080 Tunis-cedex, Tunisia
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Castro P.,Hörnlein L.,Michaelowa K.. Constructed peer groups and path dependence in international organizations: The case of the international climate change negotiations[J],2014,25(1).
APA	Castro P.,Hörnlein L.,&Michaelowa K..(2014).Constructed peer groups and path dependence in international organizations: The case of the international climate change negotiations.Global Environmental Change,25(1).
MLA	Castro P.,et al."Constructed peer groups and path dependence in international organizations: The case of the international climate change negotiations".Global Environmental Change 25.1(2014).