Book Review: Jane Mansbridge and Cathie Jo Martin (eds), Political Negotiation: A Handbook
| Published date | 01 November 2017 |
| Author | Kai Chen |
| Date | 01 November 2017 |
| DOI | 10.1177/1478929917717447 |
| Subject Matter | Book ReviewsInternational Relations |
Political Studies Review 15(4)
Political Negotiation: A Handbook by Jane
students who are interested in political nego-
Mansbridge and Cathie Jo Martin (eds).
tiation. It also extends the literature on nego-
Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2016.
tiation myopia. It is a book that undergraduate
296pp., £25.95 (p/b), ISBN 9780815727293
and graduate students and general readers
interested in international relations and the
Political Negotiation is a collection of essays
future of international negotiations would do
edited by Jane Mansbridge and Cathie Jo Martin
well to read. There is a lot to learn from the
with contributions by a group of American and
volume and potentially a whole lot more to be
Canadian scholars of political negotiation, psy-
learned from the cases it discusses.
chology, the US Congress and democracy. This
volume originates from a report entitled
Kai Chen
‘Negotiating Agreement in Politics’, which was
(Xiamen University, China)
issued by the American Political Science
© The Author(s) 2017
Association in 2013. It focuses on the pull and
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push factors of reaching mutually acceptable
DOI: 10.1177/1478929917717447
binding agreements in political negotiations. The
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volume has an introduction and seven chapters.
Based on the case studies of democratic
Why India is Not a Great Power (Yet)
countries (especially negotiations in the US
by Bharat Karnad. New Delhi, India: Oxford
Congress) and negotiations in international
University Press, 2015. 552pp., £34.99 (h/b), ISBN
relations, the editors and contributors to the
9780199459223
collection provide a wonderfully probing and
thought-provoking examination of the most
This book offers a brilliant read on the many
significant pull factor, negotiation myopia,
reasons as to why India is not a great power yet
which is characterised by two forms of bias,
and what...
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