Group Politics in UN Multilateralism

About the Author Karen E. Smith, PhD (1996), London School of Economics and Political Science, is Professor of International Relations at that university. She has published extensively on EU foreign relations, EU human rights policy, and EU-UN relations.Katie Verlin Laatikainen, Ph.D. (1996), is Professor of Political Science at Adelphi University. Her publications include The Routledge Handbook on the European Union and International Institutions (2013) and The European Union and the United Nations: Intersecting Multilateralisms (Palgrave 2006). Product Description Group Politics in UN Multilateralism provides a new perspective on diplomacy and negotiation. UN multilateralism is shaped by long-standing group dynamics as well as shifting, ad-hoc groupings. These intergroup dynamics are key to understanding diplomatic practice at the UN.