Keeping International Commitments: Compliance, Credibility, and the G7, 1988-1995

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Taylor & Francis, 1999 - 349 pages
This study is the first to offer explanations for compliance with G7 commitments by identifying the patterns, explaining the causes and exploring the processes of this compliance from 1988-1995. It provides the only systematic review of the G7's compliance record in the post-Cold War globalizing system of the 1990s and in regard to important environment and development commitments that have often dominated the Summit's agenda during this third cycle of summitry. It draws on explanatory factors for Summit compliance from three bodies of international relations theory-including regime theory, concert theory and the recent extension of regime theory to embrace the effects of domestic political institutions.

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Contents

Theory of G7 Summit Compliance
17
Causes of Compliance
24
Compliance with G7 Climate Change Commitments
109
Munich Summit
125
Tokyo Summit
128
Naples Summit
131
Halifax Summit
135
Theoretical Assessment
141
The Case of Russia
203
Paris Summit
204
Houston Summit
206
London Summit
210
Munich Summit
214
Tokyo Summit
224
Naples Summit
232
Halifax Summit
237

Compliance with G7 Developing Country Debt Commitments
153
Toronto Summit
155
Paris Summit
160
Houston Summit
162
London Summit
165
Munich Summit
168
Tokyo Summit
170
Naples Summit
172
Halifax Summit
174
Theoretical Assessment
180
Theoretical Assessment
240
Summary and Conclusions
267
Analysis of Summit Compliance
269
Conclusions
283
Tables and Figures 291
295
References
319
Index
341
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