Global Trade and Global Social Issues

ISBN-13: 9780415181709 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 272 str.

Annie Taylor; Caroline Thomas

Opis

In Global Trade and Social Issues leading academics and NGO workers offer a much-needed counterweight to the liberal consensus. A critical reflection on the whole project of restructuring world trade, this is essential reading for those working in international political economy, development studies, international relations and environmental studies.

Recenzje

'Taylor and Thomas have made an important and meaningful contribution to the existing literature on this subject.' - Julie Soloway, International Affairs

Spis treści

Introduction, Caroline Thomas; Chapter 1 Trade in Context, Simon Eagle; Chapter 2 Trading Human Rights, Tony Evans; Chapter 3 Trade with a Female Face, Laura Macdonald; Chapter 4 The Trade and Environment Debate, Annie Taylor; Chapter 5 Calls for a Social Trade, Ruth Mayne, Caroline Le Quesne; Chapter 6 The WTO and Issues Associated with Trips and Agrobiotechnology, Ian Henry Neale; Chapter 7 New Values and International Organizations, Caroline Thomas, Martin Weber; Chapter 8 The World Trade Organization, Social Movements and ‘Democracy’, Marc Williams; Chapter 9 Managing Trade in a Globalizing World, Matthias Finger, Emanuele Lobina; Chapter 10 The World Trade Organization, Tony McGrew; Chapter 11 The Global Production of Trade and Social Movements, Julian Saurin;

O autorze

Annie Taylor is a Visiting Fellow in Politics at the University of Southampton, UK. She was previously Research Assistant with the Open University’s Global Environmental Change project and the South–North Centre, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK.,
Caroline Thomas is Professor of Global Politics at the University of Southampton, UK. She has published widely on issues pertaining to human security in a global economy.