Autor/es
Descripción
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Colaborador
Katz, Claudio
Schorr, Martín
Castellani, Ana
Spatial Coverage
Temporal Coverage
1998-2006
Idioma
spa
Extent
338 p.
Derechos
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Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 4.0 Internacional (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
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application/pdf
Identificador
Cobertura
ARG
1998-2006
Abstract
The progressive and conservative views coincide in identifying the relationship between the IMF and developing countries as one of the most controversial in the international field; however, they differ in explaining the origins of that conflict. Progressive views focuses on the demand by the Fund of unpopular orthodox measures aimed at protecting the interests of the financial sector; for conservative views, the Government set aside the implementation of adjustment measures involved, upon receipt of financial assistance. Thus, depending on the point of view, either by the imposition of conditions or its non-fulfillment, the relationship between the IMF and Governments appears to be hopelessly conflicting.
However, the relationship between the IMF and borrowing Governments is not a link in which invariably the former places and the former comply, nor one in which the organism is inevitably disagree against countries’ non-fulfillments. Whenever there is margin for negotiation, conflict in the relationship appears more as the contingent result of the strategies implemented, that a course given in advance.
Therefore, the question that guides this research refers to how the negotiation processes between the IMF and the borrowing Governments are configured. This question establishes two objectives: first, to explain what factors influence and how, on the orientation of the strategies implemented by negotiators; and second, explain how they affect the strategies of the IMF and Governments on the negotiation process.
To answer the questions, a two-level conceptual framework is developed for systematizing the study of negotiation processes, considering the simultaneous incidence of international and domestic policy. The analysis focuses on the strategies implemented by the IMF and the borrowing Governments towards the international negotiation, which are related with the negotiating position -which refers to the degree of strength-, and negotiating style -which refers to the negotiator’s ability and willingness-. The strategies are characterized in terms of actions related to the granting of concessions in the first stage of international negotiations for an agreement or its revision, and in the second stage regarding the implementation of the conditionalities (in the case of the Government) and the tolerance of non-compliance (in the case of the IMF). Thus, a confrontative strategy means less Government concessions and willingness to implement commitments; on the contrary, major concessions and a high degree of tolerance to non-fulfillments characterize a cooperative strategy by the IMF.
Regarding the first objective, it is proposed that the negotiator who holds a position of greater strength than the opponent and inflexible style, implements a confrontational strategy, whereas if holds a position of greater weakness and a flexible style, implement a cooperative strategy. Regarding the second objective, it is proposed that strategies determine the degree of conflict in the process and specific stages which concentrates most of the disputes and guide the outcome of negotiations.
Framed in the tradition of International Political Economy studies, it is carried out a case study on the negotiation processes between the IMF and the argentine Government during the convertibility crisis (1998 - 2006).
However, the relationship between the IMF and borrowing Governments is not a link in which invariably the former places and the former comply, nor one in which the organism is inevitably disagree against countries’ non-fulfillments. Whenever there is margin for negotiation, conflict in the relationship appears more as the contingent result of the strategies implemented, that a course given in advance.
Therefore, the question that guides this research refers to how the negotiation processes between the IMF and the borrowing Governments are configured. This question establishes two objectives: first, to explain what factors influence and how, on the orientation of the strategies implemented by negotiators; and second, explain how they affect the strategies of the IMF and Governments on the negotiation process.
To answer the questions, a two-level conceptual framework is developed for systematizing the study of negotiation processes, considering the simultaneous incidence of international and domestic policy. The analysis focuses on the strategies implemented by the IMF and the borrowing Governments towards the international negotiation, which are related with the negotiating position -which refers to the degree of strength-, and negotiating style -which refers to the negotiator’s ability and willingness-. The strategies are characterized in terms of actions related to the granting of concessions in the first stage of international negotiations for an agreement or its revision, and in the second stage regarding the implementation of the conditionalities (in the case of the Government) and the tolerance of non-compliance (in the case of the IMF). Thus, a confrontative strategy means less Government concessions and willingness to implement commitments; on the contrary, major concessions and a high degree of tolerance to non-fulfillments characterize a cooperative strategy by the IMF.
Regarding the first objective, it is proposed that the negotiator who holds a position of greater strength than the opponent and inflexible style, implements a confrontational strategy, whereas if holds a position of greater weakness and a flexible style, implement a cooperative strategy. Regarding the second objective, it is proposed that strategies determine the degree of conflict in the process and specific stages which concentrates most of the disputes and guide the outcome of negotiations.
Framed in the tradition of International Political Economy studies, it is carried out a case study on the negotiation processes between the IMF and the argentine Government during the convertibility crisis (1998 - 2006).
Título obtenido
Doctor de la Universidad de Buenos Aires en Ciencias Sociales
Institución otorgante
Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales