Sustainability, Civil Society and International Governance: Local, North American and Global Contributions

ISBN-13: 9781138620742 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 422 str.

John J. Kirton

Opis

How can civil society and global governors come together in new ways to improve links among trade, environmental and social values? In this wide-ranging text, an array of contributors examines the new processes of civil society engagement that have been introduced at the local, regional and global levels.

Spis treści

Contents: Introduction: Introduction, observations, and conclusions, John J. Kirton and Peter I. Hajnal. Local and Transboundary Networks and Co-Operation: Engaging local communities in environmental protection with competitiveness: community advisory panels in Canada and the United States, Virginia Maclaren, Angela Morris, and Sonia Labatt; Precaution versus sound science: risk discourses and civil society participation in international food safety negotiations, Diane Bartlett and Harriet Friedmann; Continentalism from below? trinational mobilization among labour unions, environmental organizations, and indigenous peoples, Stefanie J. Bowles, Ian Thomas MacDonald, Jennifer Leah Mullen, and Stephen Clarkson; The emergence of environmental movement-government partnerships, Ken Ogilvie; Local nongovernmental organizations, global governance, and the challenges of a global movement for sustainable food and agriculture, Debbie Field. North American and Hemispheric Experiences: A North American community of law with minimal institutions: NAFTA's committees and working groups, Sarah Davidson Ladly, Carlton Thorne, and Stephen Clarkson; Regional multinational corporations and triad strategy, Alan M. Rugman and Alain Verbeke; NAFTA's Chapter 11: investor protection, integration, and the public interest, Julie Soloway; NAFTA's Chapter 11: the case for reform, Chris Tollefson. The Multilateral Trade and Finance System: What are the necessary ingredients for the World Trading Order?, Sylvia Ostry; Trade liberalization, regulatory diversity, and political sovereignty, Michael J. Trebilcock; Civil society and the roots of structural conditionality in the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, Louis W. Pauly; World Trade Organization gridlock and alternative regimes to pursue an international social clause, Scott Vaughan. The G8 and United Nations Systems: Civil society, the United Nations, and G7/8 summitry, Peter I. Hajnal; Building democratic partnerships: The G8-civil

O autorze

Kirton, John J.