@article{1445498,
      recid = {1445498},
      author = {Sorkar, M. N. I.},
      title = {Power and issue framing in the contemporary world : the  case of climate negotiation /},
      pages = {1 online resource (xix, 178 pages) :},
      abstract = {This book puts forward a new angle of understanding the  society of states in the milieu of the contemporary world.  The absence of a regulatory mechanism, i.e., anarchy, has  been the fundamental issue of international relations. This  book explains how the normative imperatives, information  and communication technology (ICT) and nuclear deterrence  generated ambiance have poised the states in a society  where they are bound to follow certain normative  imperatives that dilute the color and meaning of anarchy  and obliges the states to act in a certain way. It develops  a theoretical proposition with regard to state power  defined in terms of the capability of determining the  outcomes. The proposition first elaborates how  international institutions foster normative imperatives;  then, in line with this ontology, it narrows down the focus  solely on the power of the states in the contemporary  world. It explains how the power that can determine the  outcome today is holistic in nature, comprising both  materialistic and normative factors. In the next step, it  tailors the proposition in a way so as to employ it for a  specific empirical work. The book does not end just  positing the theoretical proposition; the proposition is  testified through some case studies with regard to climate  negotiations under the UNFCCC. The empirical part not only  serves to examine the plausibility of the theoretical  proposition, but it also presents the logic of the major  actors and the politics with respect to some of the major  issues of climate change, i.e., mitigation, funding policy  and mechanism and adaptation. The scholars in this arena,  climate activists and climate-conscious people in general  would find this book worth reading as it kindles a  different angle to understand the issues in the context of  the contemporary world and as it elaborates the logic,  framing process, and mechanism of reaching outcomes through  complex negotiation process. No other work has so far  analyzed the issues covering the entire period of 21 apex  UNFCCC negotiations that led to the Paris Agreement. Apart  from university libraries, this book, thus, has the  prospect to be sold in the markets targeting the  academicians, climate change experts, bureaucrats,  negotiators and the common readers.--},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1445498},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-9740-1},
}