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Composed of original essays by renowned scholars, this volume explores controversial topics such as free trade, women's rights, labor standards, the World Trade Organization and global tensions.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Benería, Lourdes, Bisnath, Savitri, 1965-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Routledge, 2004.
Temas:
Free trade.
Foreign trade and employment.
Globalization > Economic aspects.
Globalization > Social aspects.
Anti-globalization movement.
International economic relations.
Libre-échange.
Commerce international et emploi.
Mondialisation.
Mondialisation > Aspect social.
Altermondialisme.
globalism.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > International > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > International > Economics.
Anti-globalization movement
Foreign trade and employment
Free trade
Globalization > Economic aspects
Globalization > Social aspects
International economic relations
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. 1. Globalization and global governance. Toward a stark utopia? New constitutionalism and the politics of globalization / Stephen Gill ; Tax distortion in the global economy / Howard M. Wachtel ; Human rights and corporate profits: the UN Global Compact
  • part of the solution or part of the problem? / Diane Elson ; Cross-border externalities and international public goods: implications for aid agencies / Ravi Kanbur.
  • pt. 2. North-South tensions. Financial-sector liberalization and the Asian financial crisis: the IFIs got it wrong twice / Iwan J. Azis ; Developing countries and the new financial architecture / Stephany Griffith-Jones ; Globalization: eight crises of social protection / Guy Standing.
  • pt. 3. The politics of international trade. Biotechnology and food security: profiting on insecurity? / Philip McMichael ; The WTO, GATS, and TPRM: servicing liberalization and eroding equity goals? / Savitri Bisnath ; Labor standards, women's rights, basic needs: challenges to collective action in a globalizing world / Naila Kabeer ; Contesting global trade rules: social movements and the World Trade Organization / Marc Williams.
  • pt. 4. Gender, globalization, and development. Utilizing interdisciplinarity to analyze global socio-economic change: a tribute to Ester Boserup / Irene Tinker ; Development and productive deprivation: male patriarchal relations in business families and their implications for women in South India / Barbara Harriss-White ; Promoting women's capabilities / Martha Nussbaum.
  • pt. 5. Urban and global linkages. The global city: strategic site/new frontier / Saskia Sassen ; Urban tensions: globalization, economic restructuring, and the postmetropolitan transition / Edward W. Soja ; Urban transport and tensions in developing countries / Eduardo Alcântara De Vasconcellos.

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