Lourdes Beneria (ed.)
Global Tensions
Challenges and Opportunities in the World Economy
Herausgeber: Beneria, Lourdes; Bisnath, Savitri
Lourdes Beneria (ed.)
Global Tensions
Challenges and Opportunities in the World Economy
Herausgeber: Beneria, Lourdes; Bisnath, Savitri
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Against the backdrop of demonstrations in Seattle, Porto Alegre and Genoa and within the context of growing resistances to free trade and the current global trends, Global Tensions takes a close look at the challenges posed by the processes of globalization at the beginning of the twenty-first century. 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.
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Against the backdrop of demonstrations in Seattle, Porto Alegre and Genoa and within the context of growing resistances to free trade and the current global trends, Global Tensions takes a close look at the challenges posed by the processes of globalization at the beginning of the twenty-first century. 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.
Produktdetails
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- Verlag: Routledge
- Seitenzahl: 320
- Erscheinungstermin: 3. Oktober 2003
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 236mm x 161mm x 24mm
- Gewicht: 608g
- ISBN-13: 9780415934404
- ISBN-10: 0415934400
- Artikelnr.: 21886377
- Verlag: Routledge
- Seitenzahl: 320
- Erscheinungstermin: 3. Oktober 2003
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 236mm x 161mm x 24mm
- Gewicht: 608g
- ISBN-13: 9780415934404
- ISBN-10: 0415934400
- Artikelnr.: 21886377
Lourdes Beneria is Professor of City and Regional Planning and Women's Studies at Cornell University. She lives in Ithaca, New York, and is the author of the forthcoming Routledge title Gender, Development and Globalization:Economics as if People Mattered (2003).SavitriBisnath received her PhD from Cornell University and currently works for an international philanthropic organization.
Introduction - Lourdes Beneria and Savitri Bisnath Section I: Globalization
and Global Governance 1. Towards a stark utopia? New constitutionalism and
the politics of globalization, Stephen Gill 2. Tax Distortion in the Global
Economy, Howard Wachtel 3. Human Rights and Corporate Profits: the UN
Global Compact - Part of the Solution or Part of the Problem?, Diane Elson
4. Cross-Border Externalities and International Public Goods: Implications
for Aid Agencies, Ravi Kanbur Section II: North-South Tensions 5. Financial
Sector Liberalization and the Asian Financial Crisis: The IFIs Got it Wrong
Twice, Iwan J. Azis 6. Developing Countries and the New Financial
Architecture, Stephanie Griffith-Jones 7. Globalization: Eight Crises of
Social Protection, Guy Standing Section III: The Politics of International
Trade 8. Biotechnology and Food Security: Profiting on Insecurity?, Philip
McMichael 9. The WTO, GATS and TPRM: Servicing Liberalization and Eroding
Equity Goals?, Savitri Bisnath 10. Labour Standards, Women's Rights, Basic
Needs: Challenges to Collective Action in a Globalizing World, Naila Kabeer
11. Contesting Global Trade Rules: Social Movements and the World Trade
Organization, Marc Williams Section IV: Gender, Globalization and
Development 12. Utilizing Interdisciplinarity to Analyze Global
Socio-economic Change: A Tribute to Ester Boserup , Irene Tinker 13.
Development and Productive Deprivation: Male Patriarchal Relations in
Business Families and their Implications for Women in S. India, Barbara
Harriss-White 14. Promoting Women's Capabilities, Martha Nussbaum Section
V: Urban and Global Linkages 15. The Global City: Strategic Site/New
Frontier, Saskia Sassen 16. Urban Tensions: Globalization, Industrial
Restructuring, and the Post-metropolitan Transition, Edward Soja 17. Urban
Transport and Structural Tensions in Developing Countries, Eduardo
Vasconcellos
and Global Governance 1. Towards a stark utopia? New constitutionalism and
the politics of globalization, Stephen Gill 2. Tax Distortion in the Global
Economy, Howard Wachtel 3. Human Rights and Corporate Profits: the UN
Global Compact - Part of the Solution or Part of the Problem?, Diane Elson
4. Cross-Border Externalities and International Public Goods: Implications
for Aid Agencies, Ravi Kanbur Section II: North-South Tensions 5. Financial
Sector Liberalization and the Asian Financial Crisis: The IFIs Got it Wrong
Twice, Iwan J. Azis 6. Developing Countries and the New Financial
Architecture, Stephanie Griffith-Jones 7. Globalization: Eight Crises of
Social Protection, Guy Standing Section III: The Politics of International
Trade 8. Biotechnology and Food Security: Profiting on Insecurity?, Philip
McMichael 9. The WTO, GATS and TPRM: Servicing Liberalization and Eroding
Equity Goals?, Savitri Bisnath 10. Labour Standards, Women's Rights, Basic
Needs: Challenges to Collective Action in a Globalizing World, Naila Kabeer
11. Contesting Global Trade Rules: Social Movements and the World Trade
Organization, Marc Williams Section IV: Gender, Globalization and
Development 12. Utilizing Interdisciplinarity to Analyze Global
Socio-economic Change: A Tribute to Ester Boserup , Irene Tinker 13.
Development and Productive Deprivation: Male Patriarchal Relations in
Business Families and their Implications for Women in S. India, Barbara
Harriss-White 14. Promoting Women's Capabilities, Martha Nussbaum Section
V: Urban and Global Linkages 15. The Global City: Strategic Site/New
Frontier, Saskia Sassen 16. Urban Tensions: Globalization, Industrial
Restructuring, and the Post-metropolitan Transition, Edward Soja 17. Urban
Transport and Structural Tensions in Developing Countries, Eduardo
Vasconcellos
Introduction - Lourdes Beneria and Savitri Bisnath Section I: Globalization
and Global Governance 1. Towards a stark utopia? New constitutionalism and
the politics of globalization, Stephen Gill 2. Tax Distortion in the Global
Economy, Howard Wachtel 3. Human Rights and Corporate Profits: the UN
Global Compact - Part of the Solution or Part of the Problem?, Diane Elson
4. Cross-Border Externalities and International Public Goods: Implications
for Aid Agencies, Ravi Kanbur Section II: North-South Tensions 5. Financial
Sector Liberalization and the Asian Financial Crisis: The IFIs Got it Wrong
Twice, Iwan J. Azis 6. Developing Countries and the New Financial
Architecture, Stephanie Griffith-Jones 7. Globalization: Eight Crises of
Social Protection, Guy Standing Section III: The Politics of International
Trade 8. Biotechnology and Food Security: Profiting on Insecurity?, Philip
McMichael 9. The WTO, GATS and TPRM: Servicing Liberalization and Eroding
Equity Goals?, Savitri Bisnath 10. Labour Standards, Women's Rights, Basic
Needs: Challenges to Collective Action in a Globalizing World, Naila Kabeer
11. Contesting Global Trade Rules: Social Movements and the World Trade
Organization, Marc Williams Section IV: Gender, Globalization and
Development 12. Utilizing Interdisciplinarity to Analyze Global
Socio-economic Change: A Tribute to Ester Boserup , Irene Tinker 13.
Development and Productive Deprivation: Male Patriarchal Relations in
Business Families and their Implications for Women in S. India, Barbara
Harriss-White 14. Promoting Women's Capabilities, Martha Nussbaum Section
V: Urban and Global Linkages 15. The Global City: Strategic Site/New
Frontier, Saskia Sassen 16. Urban Tensions: Globalization, Industrial
Restructuring, and the Post-metropolitan Transition, Edward Soja 17. Urban
Transport and Structural Tensions in Developing Countries, Eduardo
Vasconcellos
and Global Governance 1. Towards a stark utopia? New constitutionalism and
the politics of globalization, Stephen Gill 2. Tax Distortion in the Global
Economy, Howard Wachtel 3. Human Rights and Corporate Profits: the UN
Global Compact - Part of the Solution or Part of the Problem?, Diane Elson
4. Cross-Border Externalities and International Public Goods: Implications
for Aid Agencies, Ravi Kanbur Section II: North-South Tensions 5. Financial
Sector Liberalization and the Asian Financial Crisis: The IFIs Got it Wrong
Twice, Iwan J. Azis 6. Developing Countries and the New Financial
Architecture, Stephanie Griffith-Jones 7. Globalization: Eight Crises of
Social Protection, Guy Standing Section III: The Politics of International
Trade 8. Biotechnology and Food Security: Profiting on Insecurity?, Philip
McMichael 9. The WTO, GATS and TPRM: Servicing Liberalization and Eroding
Equity Goals?, Savitri Bisnath 10. Labour Standards, Women's Rights, Basic
Needs: Challenges to Collective Action in a Globalizing World, Naila Kabeer
11. Contesting Global Trade Rules: Social Movements and the World Trade
Organization, Marc Williams Section IV: Gender, Globalization and
Development 12. Utilizing Interdisciplinarity to Analyze Global
Socio-economic Change: A Tribute to Ester Boserup , Irene Tinker 13.
Development and Productive Deprivation: Male Patriarchal Relations in
Business Families and their Implications for Women in S. India, Barbara
Harriss-White 14. Promoting Women's Capabilities, Martha Nussbaum Section
V: Urban and Global Linkages 15. The Global City: Strategic Site/New
Frontier, Saskia Sassen 16. Urban Tensions: Globalization, Industrial
Restructuring, and the Post-metropolitan Transition, Edward Soja 17. Urban
Transport and Structural Tensions in Developing Countries, Eduardo
Vasconcellos