UID:
edocfu_9959229676702883
Format:
1 online resource (307 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-135-95264-7
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1-135-95265-5
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1-280-24204-3
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9786610242047
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0-203-01772-2
Content:
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.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Toward a Stark Utopia?; 2 Tax Distortion in the Global Economy; 3 Human Rights and Corporate Profits; 4 Cross-Border Externalities and International Public Goods; 5 Financial-Sector Liberalization and the Asian Financial Crisis; 6 Developing Countries and the New Financial Architecture; 7 Globalization; 8 Biotechnology and Food Security; 9 The WTO, GATS, and TPRM; 10 Labor Standards, Women's Rights, Basic Needs; 11 Contesting Global Trade Rules; 12 Utilizing Interdisciplinarity to Analyze Global Socio-Economic Change
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13 Development and Productive Deprivation14 Promoting Women's Capabilities; 15 The Global City; 16 Urban Tensions; 17 Urban Transport and Tensions in Developing Countries; About the Authors; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-93441-9
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-93440-0
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203017722
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