Szent-Iványi, B, Végh, Z and Lightfoot, S orcid.org/0000-0003-0935-8108 (2020) Branding for business? Hungary and the sustainable development goals. Journal of International Relations and Development, 23 (1). pp. 190-209. ISSN 1408-6980
Abstract
Negotiations leading to the sustainable development goals (SDGs) have dominated the diplomacy of global development in the past years. The paper looks at the actions and motivations of a relatively new development actor, Hungary, which co-chaired the United Nations General Assembly’s Open Working Group on SDGs, and thus had a highly visible position during the talks. Hungary had a key priority of having a SDG on water-related issues, driven mainly by its perceived comparative advantage in the sector. Using the insights of the literature on small state influence in multilateral negotiations, the paper argues that Hungarian diplomats used alliance building as well as reputational and framing strategies to counter the structural disadvantages of the country’s small state status, and were successful in shaping the final outcome. However, the Hungarian government did not act out of a strong commitment to sustainable global development, but rather used the forum to brand itself as an expert on water issues, with the hope of future business benefits.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018, Macmillan Publishers Ltd., part of Springer Nature. This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in Journal of International Relations and Development. The definitive publisher-authenticated version Szent-Iványi, B., Végh, Z. & Lightfoot, S. J Int Relat Dev (2018). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41268-017-0127-8 is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1057/s41268-017-0127-8 |
Keywords: | Foreign aid; Hungary; Post-2015; Small state influence; Sustainable development goals; United Nations |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Politics & International Studies (POLIS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 07 Jun 2018 10:02 |
Last Modified: | 10 Mar 2020 05:31 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
Identification Number: | 10.1057/s41268-017-0127-8 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:131716 |