Negotiating Agreements in Multi-Party, Multi-Issue Contexts
Publisher: Public Sector Digest
Author(s): Dr Evan Hoffman
Date: 2010
Topics: Conflict Prevention, Dispute Resolution/Mediation
Multi-party, multi-issue negotiations involve situations in which there are multiple actors, each pursuing his or her distinct (usually divergent) agendas on a number of different topics or issues—including, for example, climate change. This makes for a unique negotiating environment that calls for a different negotiating strategy in order to reach an agreement.