International Trade and Global Civil Society
Contributors: Narasimha Reddy, D. Narasimha; Kelkar, Govind
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Hoboken
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9780203150863; 9781280662041
Subjects: Civil rights; International trade; Indigenous peoples
Description: This study challenges the dominant tendency of civil society to negate international trade as such. The authors argue that it is necessary to frame differentiated trade rules based on levels of economic development, and also to shift from subsidies to shore up uncompetitive livelihoods to productivity-enhancing investments. Most importantly, the book ends with a case for trade unions, women's organizations and other civil society organizations to imagine and create themselves as being global -- in order to take up the challenge of strengthening global countervailing power to capital.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Cover; International Trade and Global Civil Society; Copyright; Contents; List of Abbreviations and Acronyms; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Trade and Welfare; 3 Trade Rules: Non-Reciprocal Access and Development Policies; 4 Competitive Advantage, National Policy and Global Value Chains; 5 Work and Decent Work; 6 Women, Trade and Livelihoods; 7 Agriculture; 8 Commodity Prices; 9 Indigenous Peoples and International Trade; 10 Trade and the Environment; 11 Addressing Crises and Change; 12 Conclusion: Global Labour and Inequality; Bibliography; Index.