Agriculture, Price Stabilisation and Trade Rules : A Principled Approach

Intro -- Agriculture, Price Stabilisation and Trade Rules: A Principled Approach -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Series Editor Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Scoping the Research -- 1.2 Agricultural Price Stabilisation: Why Does It Matter -- 1.2.1 The Inherent Volatility of Agricultural Commodity Prices -- 1.2.2 Socio-economic Costs of Agricultural Price Volatility in Poor Countries -- 1.2.3 The Need for Regulatory Responses -- 1.3 Research Design and Method -- 1.3.1 Research Outline -- 1.3.2 Interdisciplinary Aspects and Legal Approaches -- 1.3.3 Information Sources -- 1.4 Reach of This Inquiry -- 2 Setting the Stage: Key Concepts and Issues -- 2.1 Agricultural Price Stabilisation: Unpacking the Notion -- 2.1.1 Agricultural Commodities -- 2.1.2 Agricultural Price Instability -- 2.1.3 Assessment -- 2.2 Agricultural Price Stabilisation Arrangements: An Overview -- 2.2.1 International Schemes -- 2.2.2 Domestic Schemes -- 2.2.3 Assessment -- 2.3 Agriculture, Price Stabilisation and Trade Rules: Seizing the Interface -- 2.3.1 The Regulatory Framework -- 2.3.2 International Schemes -- 2.3.3 Domestic Arrangements -- 2.3.4 Assessment -- 3 A Historical Review of Multilaterally Agreed Criteria for Action on Commodity Prices (1947-1989) -- 3.1 A Descriptive Account: Havana, Geneva and Nairobi -- 3.1.1 The Havana Charter Framework -- 3.1.2 GATT Discussions (1954-1955 Review Session) -- 3.1.3 UNCTAD's IPC (1964-1989) -- 3.2 Objectives and Principles of Multilateral Action on Commodity Prices -- 3.2.1 A Textual and Contextual Reading -- 3.2.2 State Practice and Attitudes -- 3.2.3 Assessment -- 4 From Market Intervention to Free Trade and Back to Managed Trade? (1989-2011) -- 4.1 The Market-based Interlude (1989-2007) -- 4.1.1 The 'Neoliberal' Agenda: Trade Policy Implications.