The Art of Negotiation: A Simulation for Resoldinv Conflict in Federal States - Couverture souple

Rose, Jonathan; Conrad, Alexis; McLean, John

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 155111481X ISBN 13 : 9781551114811

Editeur : Broadview Press, 2002

Synopsis

How do leaders in a federation make important decisions? Whose interests should be paramount: those of the state or the federal government? What are the costs and benefits of symmetrical and asymmetrical federalism? These are some of the questions explored in The Art of Negotiation.

This book sets up a game or simulation intended to help students understand the role of negotiation in intergovernmental relations. The setting is the fictional country of Holden. Participants role-play first ministers and other ministers at an intergovernmental conference. They learn how federal states manage such issues as the competing and conflicting demands of cultural and linguistic protection for minorities, the appropriate distribution of economic wealth among its states, and the accommodations that need to be made when a country engages in more liberalized trade with its neighbours.

Though "Holden" is not real, the problems discussed in this book are ones faced by virtually all federal countries: issues of language, fiscal equality, cultural protection of minorities, and the appropriate balance of power between central and provincial or state governments.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Jonathan Rose is Associate Professor of Political Studies at Queen's University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Broadview Press
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 155111481X
• ISBN 13: 9781551114811
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 144
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible