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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.
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.
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Lourdes Beneria is Professor of City and Regional Planning and Women's Studies at Cornell University. She lives in Ithaca, New York, and is the author of the forthcoming Routledge title Gender, Development and Globalization:Economics as if People Mattered (2003).SavitriBisnath received her PhD from Cornell University and currently works for an international philanthropic organization.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction - Lourdes Beneria and Savitri Bisnath Section I: Globalization and Global Governance 1. Towards a stark utopia? New constitutionalism and the politics of globalization, Stephen Gill 2. Tax Distortion in the Global Economy, Howard Wachtel 3. Human Rights and Corporate Profits: the UN Global Compact - Part of the Solution or Part of the Problem?, Diane Elson 4. Cross-Border Externalities and International Public Goods: Implications for Aid Agencies, Ravi Kanbur Section II: North-South Tensions 5. Financial Sector Liberalization and the Asian Financial Crisis: The IFIs Got it Wrong Twice, Iwan J. Azis 6. Developing Countries and the New Financial Architecture, Stephanie Griffith-Jones 7. Globalization: Eight Crises of Social Protection, Guy Standing Section III: The Politics of International Trade 8. Biotechnology and Food Security: Profiting on Insecurity?, Philip McMichael 9. The WTO, GATS and TPRM: Servicing Liberalization and Eroding Equity Goals?, Savitri Bisnath 10. Labour Standards, Women's Rights, Basic Needs: Challenges to Collective Action in a Globalizing World, Naila Kabeer 11. Contesting Global Trade Rules: Social Movements and the World Trade Organization, Marc Williams Section IV: Gender, Globalization and Development 12. Utilizing Interdisciplinarity to Analyze Global Socio-economic Change: A Tribute to Ester Boserup , Irene Tinker 13. Development and Productive Deprivation: Male Patriarchal Relations in Business Families and their Implications for Women in S. India, Barbara Harriss-White 14. Promoting Women's Capabilities, Martha Nussbaum Section V: Urban and Global Linkages 15. The Global City: Strategic Site/New Frontier, Saskia Sassen 16. Urban Tensions: Globalization, Industrial Restructuring, and the Post-metropolitan Transition, Edward Soja 17. Urban Transport and Structural Tensions in Developing Countries, Eduardo Vasconcellos
Introduction - Lourdes Beneria and Savitri Bisnath Section I: Globalization and Global Governance 1. Towards a stark utopia? New constitutionalism and the politics of globalization, Stephen Gill 2. Tax Distortion in the Global Economy, Howard Wachtel 3. Human Rights and Corporate Profits: the UN Global Compact - Part of the Solution or Part of the Problem?, Diane Elson 4. Cross-Border Externalities and International Public Goods: Implications for Aid Agencies, Ravi Kanbur Section II: North-South Tensions 5. Financial Sector Liberalization and the Asian Financial Crisis: The IFIs Got it Wrong Twice, Iwan J. Azis 6. Developing Countries and the New Financial Architecture, Stephanie Griffith-Jones 7. Globalization: Eight Crises of Social Protection, Guy Standing Section III: The Politics of International Trade 8. Biotechnology and Food Security: Profiting on Insecurity?, Philip McMichael 9. The WTO, GATS and TPRM: Servicing Liberalization and Eroding Equity Goals?, Savitri Bisnath 10. Labour Standards, Women's Rights, Basic Needs: Challenges to Collective Action in a Globalizing World, Naila Kabeer 11. Contesting Global Trade Rules: Social Movements and the World Trade Organization, Marc Williams Section IV: Gender, Globalization and Development 12. Utilizing Interdisciplinarity to Analyze Global Socio-economic Change: A Tribute to Ester Boserup , Irene Tinker 13. Development and Productive Deprivation: Male Patriarchal Relations in Business Families and their Implications for Women in S. India, Barbara Harriss-White 14. Promoting Women's Capabilities, Martha Nussbaum Section V: Urban and Global Linkages 15. The Global City: Strategic Site/New Frontier, Saskia Sassen 16. Urban Tensions: Globalization, Industrial Restructuring, and the Post-metropolitan Transition, Edward Soja 17. Urban Transport and Structural Tensions in Developing Countries, Eduardo Vasconcellos
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