Who Gains From Deep-Sea Mining

Foders, Federico

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-70252-5_6

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“…35 Finally, analyses applying standard micro-economic models to metal markets suggest that the actual impact of deep-sea mining on state economies depends on three main parameters: the ceiling of seabed production, the system of taxes or fees and the system of revenue distribution. 36 In sum, this suggests that the question of deep-sea mining encompasses two or three major dimensions of conflict that divide states into three or four different groups. This gives support to Hypothesis 2, which states that with two or three clearly visible and recognized major conflicts, a multicameral voting system with at least three chambers is likely to evolve.…”

Section: The Seabed Mining Regimementioning

confidence: 99%

When Simple Voting Doesn’t Work: Multicameral Systems for the Representation and Aggregation of Interests in International Organizations

Bräuninger

2003

Brit. J. Polit. Sci.

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This article analyses the origins and consequences of multicameral representation and voting in international organizations. It is argued that the existence of visible and durable conflicts in an issue area can make standard procedures such as unicameral majority voting ineffective with respect to the functioning of the regime. Applying spatial models of strategic decision making, it is asserted that multicameralism is more likely to be effective than unicameralism if chambers consist of key groups with distinct interests. Empirical evidence is provided by studying the multicameral voting rule in the Council of the International Seabed Authority (ISA). I compare likely decision-making outcomes under unicameral and multicameral voting rules from 1996 to 2002 and find that multicameral outcomes are more likely to be stable and supported by those actors critical for the effective functioning of the regime.

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Section: The Seabed Mining Regimementioning

confidence: 99%