Tamara Kay, R L Evans

Trade Battles

Activism and the Politicization of International Trade Policy

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Trade Battles uses data from over 215 in-depth interviews with Mexican, Canadian, and U.S. trade negotiators; labor and environmental activists; government officials; and extensive archival materials to assess how activists politicized trade policy for the first time during NAFTA negotiations. It also examines how this activism influenced trade policy after NAFTA.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. August 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 440g
• ISBN-13: 9780190847449
• ISBN-10: 0190847441
• Artikelnr.: 50095003

Autorenporträt

Tamara Kay is Associate Professor of Global Affairs and Sociology at the University of Notre Dame. R.L. Evans is currently an independent scholar. She was previously Managing Director of Research and Development at The McHenry Group.

Inhaltsangabe

* List of Figures
* Preface
* Acknowledgments
* List of Abbreviations
* 1. Introduction: The Impact of Social Movements on International
Trade Policy
* 2. Theorizing Social Movement Influence on the State
* 3. Trade Politics Prior to NAFTA
* 4. Politicization and Framing: Linking Environmental and Labor Rights
* 5. Mobilizing Public and Legislative Hostility Against NAFTA
* 6. Using Institutional Leverage to Influence the Side Agreements
* 7. Pushing Back Against the State: Trade Battles After NAFTA
* 8. Conclusions: The Implications of Institutional Closure for
Democracy and Mobilization
* Notes
* Bibliography
* Index