Jane Kelsey

Serving Whose Interests?

The Political Economy of Trade in Services Agreements

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Serving Whose Interests? examines the political economy of trade in services agreements. It explores the tensions and contradictions in the GATS and bilateral trade agreements by combining a theoretical and technical analysis with a series of truly global case studies that include the market in internet gambling, education, pensions, electricity privatisation, supermarkets, tourism, oil, culture, temporary migrants, private finance initiatives and call centres. The product of extensive research by an internationally renowned expert in the area, yet written in an accessible manner, Serving Whose Interests? will be of interest to informed trade specialists, academics and students working in the areas of international trade and international trade law, and others with interests in the organisation and regulation of the global economy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Juli 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 152mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 612g
• ISBN-13: 9780415448222
• ISBN-10: 0415448220
• Artikelnr.: 23183707

Autorenporträt

Jane Kelsey

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Taking Services to Market 1. Reading the GATS as Ideology 2.
How the GATS was Won (and Lost?) 3. Trade-related Development 4. The
Illusion of Public Services 5. Ruling the Services Infrastructure 6. Trade
in People 7. Minds and Markets 8. Dominion Over the Earth 9. Energy Wars;
10. Serving Whose Interests?