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| Type | Journal Article |
| Scope | Discipline-based scholarship |
| Title | Constructed peer groups and path dependence in international organizations: The case of the international climate change negotiations |
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| Item Subtype | Original Work |
| Refereed | Yes |
| Status | Published in final form |
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| Journal Title | Global Environmental Change |
| Geographical Reach | international |
| ISSN | 0959-3780 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Page Range | 109 - 120 |
| Date | 2014 |
| Abstract Text | 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. |
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| Official URL | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0959378014000107?via%3Dihub |
| Digital Object Identifier | 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2014.01.007 |
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