Poverty Narratives and Power Paradoxes in International Trade Negotiations and Beyond
Book • 2020
Amrita Narlikar’s work analyses how framing trade in terms of poverty and vulnerability enabled developing states to influence multilateral negotiations and institutional priorities.
She documents how competing uses of these narratives by larger powers shifted the opportunities for smaller states, contributing to the WTO’s challenges.
Drawing on case studies and negotiation theory, the book illuminates the interplay of ideas, power, and institutional design.
Narlikar offers recommendations for how developing countries can reframe debates to regain leverage in trade governance.
The book is widely cited for its novel focus on discourse and narrative in international political economy.
She documents how competing uses of these narratives by larger powers shifted the opportunities for smaller states, contributing to the WTO’s challenges.
Drawing on case studies and negotiation theory, the book illuminates the interplay of ideas, power, and institutional design.
Narlikar offers recommendations for how developing countries can reframe debates to regain leverage in trade governance.
The book is widely cited for its novel focus on discourse and narrative in international political economy.
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