Global Capital and National Governments (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: February 3, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780521815215
Subjects: Finance; Political economy; International finance; General; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Political Science / General; Economic Conditions; International Relations - General; Capital market; Government policy
First sentence: When throngs of protestors mobilized around the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) summit in Quebec, the World Bank/International Monetary Fund (IMF) meetings in Washington and Prague, and the World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial meetings in Seattle, their target was economic globalization.