Michael C Dreiling, Derek Y Darves

Agents of Neoliberal Globalization

Corporate Networks, State Structures, and Trade Policy

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Produktbeschreibung

Through historical narrative, this book explains how neoliberal globalization was actively constructed over decades by both state and class actors.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. September 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 158mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 572g
• ISBN-13: 9781107133969
• ISBN-10: 1107133963
• Artikelnr.: 45154941

Autorenporträt

Michael Dreiling is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Oregon, specializing in political and environmental sociology. He is the author of two books and numerous research articles, and is currently working on a comparative study of energy industry networks. Awarded Distinguished University Teaching in 2009, the Martin Luther King, Jr Distinguished Service Award in 2010, and numerous leadership awards in 2015, Professor Dreiling is also active in the nonprofit world to promote nonviolence, environmental care, and an economy that is fair for all. A Bold Peace - a feature documentary film coproduced with Matthew Eddy - depicts that vision of a better world.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Corporate political unity and class agency
3. A critical sociology of US trade policy
4. Forging a neoliberal trade policy network, 1967-94
5. Inside the state, corporate participation in trade policy
6. Fusing class agency to a state trade policy apparatus
7. Conclusion.