challenges and opportunities in the world economy /
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Lourdes Beneria and Savitri Bisnath.
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New York :
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Routledge,
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2004.
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1 online resource (vii, 336 pages)
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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pt. 1. Globalization and global governance. Toward a stark utopia? New constitutionalism and the politics of globalization / Stephen Gill ; Tax distortion in the global economy / Howard M. Wachtel ; Human rights and corporate profits: the UN Global Compact -- part of the solution or part of the problem? / Diane Elson ; Cross-border externalities and international public goods: implications for aid agencies / Ravi Kanbur. -- pt. 2. North-South tensions. Financial-sector liberalization and the Asian financial crisis: the IFIs got it wrong twice / Iwan J. Azis ; Developing countries and the new financial architecture / Stephany Griffith-Jones ; Globalization: eight crises of social protection / Guy Standing. -- pt. 3. The politics of international trade. Biotechnology and food security: profiting on insecurity? / Philip McMichael ; The WTO, GATS, and TPRM: servicing liberalization and eroding equity goals? / Savitri Bisnath ; Labor standards, women's rights, basic needs: challenges to collective action in a globalizing world / Naila Kabeer ; Contesting global trade rules: social movements and the World Trade Organization / Marc Williams. -- pt. 4. Gender, globalization, and development. Utilizing interdisciplinarity to analyze global socio-economic change: a tribute to Ester Boserup / Irene Tinker ; Development and productive deprivation: male patriarchal relations in business families and their implications for women in South India / Barbara Harriss-White ; Promoting women's capabilities / Martha Nussbaum. -- pt. 5. Urban and global linkages. The global city: strategic site/new frontier / Saskia Sassen ; Urban tensions: globalization, economic restructuring, and the postmetropolitan transition / Edward W. Soja ; Urban transport and tensions in developing countries / Eduardo Alcântara De Vasconcellos.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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.