Consensus dynamics and global governance frameworks: insights from the Kimberley Process on conflict diamonds

摘要: One of the central challenges for scholars global governance is that published charters, guidelines, rules, and final documents frameworks provide an incomplete understanding how decisions are actually made within such international forums. Much what considered occurs behind closed doors during teleconferences, official meetings, informal side-meetings. This challenge magnified in driven by consensus-based decision-making. article tackles this providing insights into decision-making processes Kimberley Process on conflict diamonds. In so doing, advances debates two ways. First, it draws upon participant observations, interviews with state non-state actors, privileged access to key order illustrate assess ‘crises’ concerning Participants – Republic Congo...