Global Tensions : Challenges and Opportunities in the World Economy
| Year of publication: |
2003
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| Authors: | Beneria, Lourdes |
| Other Persons: | Iwamasa, Gayle Y. (contributor) |
| Publisher: |
Hoboken : Taylor & Francis |
| Subject: | Welt | World | Globalisierung | Globalization | Internationale Wirtschaft | International economy | Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen | International economic relations |
| Description of contents: |
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
Table of Contents [gbv.de]
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| Extent: | Online-Ressource (307 p.) |
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| Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Toward a Stark Utopia?; 2 Tax Distortion in the Global Economy; 3 Human Rights and Corporate Profits; 4 Cross-Border Externalities and International Public Goods; 5 Financial-Sector Liberalization and the Asian Financial Crisis; 6 Developing Countries and the New Financial Architecture; 7 Globalization; 8 Biotechnology and Food Security; 9 The WTO, GATS, and TPRM; 10 Labor Standards, Women's Rights, Basic Needs; 11 Contesting Global Trade Rules; 12 Utilizing Interdisciplinarity to Analyze Global Socio-Economic Change 13 Development and Productive Deprivation14 Promoting Women's Capabilities; 15 The Global City; 16 Urban Tensions; 17 Urban Transport and Tensions in Developing Countries; About the Authors; Index; |
| ISBN: | 978-0-415-93440-4 ; 978-0-203-01772-2 ; 978-0-415-93440-4 |
| Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
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