ABSTRACT

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.

chapter |13 pages

Introduction

chapter |17 pages

Trade in Context

Approaches to globalization

chapter |22 pages

Trading Human Rights

chapter |19 pages

Trade with a Female Face

Women and the new international trade agenda

chapter |18 pages

New Values and International Organizations

Balancing trade and environment in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

chapter |27 pages

Managing Trade in a Globalizing World

Trade in public services and transnational corporations: the case of the global water industry

chapter |20 pages

The World Trade Organization

Technocracy or banana republic?

chapter |19 pages

The Global Production of Trade and Social Movements

Value, regulation, effective demand and needs