Contesting trade in Central America : market reform and resistance /

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In 2004, the United States, five Central American countries, and the Dominican Republic signed the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), signaling the region's commitment to a neoliberal economic model. For many, however, neoliberalism had lost its luster as the new century dawned, and...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Spalding, Rose J. (Author)
Format: Government Document Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2014.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement > (2004 August 5)
Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement (2004 August 5)
Free trade > Central America.
Libre-échange > Amérique centrale.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Exports & Imports.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > International > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > International > Marketing.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > Trade & Tariffs.
Commerce
Commercial policy
Free trade
International economic relations
Central America > Commerce.
Central America > Commercial policy.
Central America > Foreign economic relations.
Amérique centrale > Commerce.
Amérique centrale > Politique commerciale.
Amérique centrale > Relations économiques extérieures.
Central America
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The march to market reform in Central America
  • Rule makers and rule takers: negotiating CAFTA
  • Resistance: competing voices
  • Ratification politics: in the chamber and in the street
  • After CAFTA: antimining movements, investment disputes, and new organizational territory
  • Electoral challenges and transitions
  • Post-neoliberalism and alternative approaches to change.

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