Global turbulence
Subtitle: social activists' and state responses to globalization
By: edited by Marjorie Griffin Cohen, Stephen McBride.
Contributors: Cohen, Marjorie Griffin, 1944-; McBride, Stephen, 1947-
Series: The international political economy of new regionalisms series
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Aldershot, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
Subjects: Globalization -- Economic aspects; Globalization -- Social aspects; Globalization -- Political aspects; Free trade -- Government policy; Social action; International economic relations
Notes: "Most of the chapters in this book were originally presented at a conference on Global Turbulence: Instability in National and International Political Economy held at Simon Fraser University (SFU) in July 2001"--P. xii.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Globalization begins (and ends) at home : bringing the state back in / Leo Panitch; title: International economic agreements as systems of power / Stephen McBride; title: Regulatory games states play : managing globalization through sectoral policy / Anil Hira; title: Tax expenditures : the social policy of globalization? / Lois Harder; title: National politics and globalization : varieties of neo-liberal youth labour market policy under Thatcher and Blair / Nigel Boyle and Ravi Roy; title: Contesting neoliberalism : the political economy of transnational protest / Jeffrey M. Ayres; title: Trade unions and competitive nationalism : a house of mirrors / Peter Graefe; title: Emerging transnational coalitions around diamonds and oil in civil conflicts in Africa / J. Andrew Grant, Sandra J. MacLean and Timothy M. Shaw; title: Foreign migrant workers and civil society in South Korea : the search for power in an era of global turbulence / Timothy C. Lim; title: Shaping 'best practice'? Union responses to lean production in the North American automotive industry / Chris Roberts; title: 'Decent work' : the shifting role of the ILO and the struggle For global social justice / Leah F. Vosko.