| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 247 pages) |
| Series |
Routledge research global environmental change series |
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Routledge research global environmental change series.
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| Contents |
Trade in context: approaches to globalization / Simon Eagle -- Trading human rights / Tony Evans -- Trade with a female face: women and the new international trade agenda / Laura MacDonald -- The trade and environment debate / Annie Taylor -- Calls for a social trade / Ruth Mayne and Caroline Le Quesne -- The WTO and issues associated with TRIPs and agrobiotechnology / Ian Neale -- New values and international organizations: balancing trade and environment in NAFTA / Caroline Thomas and Martin Weber -- The World Trade Organization, social movements and 'democracy' / Marc Williams -- Managing trade in a globalizing world: trade in public services and transnational corporations--the case of the global water industry / Matthias Finger and Emanuele Lobina -- The World Trade Organization: technocracy or banana republic? / Tony McGrew -- The global production of trade and social movements: value, regulation, effective demand and needs / Julian Saurin |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
World Trade Organization.
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| SUBJECT |
World Trade Organization fast |
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Free trade -- Social aspects
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Free trade -- Environmental aspects
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Human rights -- Economic aspects
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International trade -- Social aspects
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International economic relations.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- Marketing.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- Trade & Tariffs.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- General.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Exports & Imports.
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Free trade -- Environmental aspects
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Free trade -- Social aspects
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Human rights -- Economic aspects
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International economic relations
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International trade -- Social aspects
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Taylor, Annie, 1961-
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Thomas, Caroline, 1959-2008.
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| LC no. |
98043803 |
| ISBN |
0203979753 |
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9780203979754 |
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6610232644 |
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9786610232642 |
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1280232641 |
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9781280232640 |
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1134675747 |
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9781134675746 |
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