The contest to shape global governance is increasingly being conducted on a number of levels and among a diverse set of actors. This book argues that increasing engagement between international institutions and sectors of civil society is producing a new form of international organization. The authors study the relationship between the IMF, World Bank, and World Trade Organisation, and environmental, labor, and women's movements, providing a rich analysis of the institutional response to social movement pressure.
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"empirically rich" Foreign Affairs
"...[the book] usefully highlights the unresolved tensions between state-sponsored institutions and growing transnational civic activism." Foreign Affairs
"useful study...the analysis is refreshing...this book remains useful for scholars of social movements." The Georgetown Public Policy Review Fall 2001
"...[the book] usefully highlights the unresolved tensions between state-sponsored institutions and growing transnational civic activism." Foreign Affairs
"useful study...the analysis is refreshing...this book remains useful for scholars of social movements." The Georgetown Public Policy Review Fall 2001
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The contest to shape global governance is increasingly being conducted upon a number of levels and amongst a diverse set of actors. This book argues that increasing engagement between international institutions and sectors of civil society is producing a new form of international organisation. The authors study the relationship between the IMF, World Bank, and World Trade Organisation, and environmental, labour, and women's movements, providing a rich analysis of the institutional response to social movement pressure.
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Robert O'Brien holds the LIUNA-Mancinelli Professorship of Global Labour Issues and is currently the Chair of the Department of Political Science at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada. Previous to teaching at McMaster he was a lecturer in international relations at the University of Sussex.
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In May 1998 a crowd swarmed through Geneva attacking McDonald's restaurants and vandalising expensive hotels as part of their protest against the World Trade Organization (WTO). Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
World Bank, Executive Board, Bretton Woods, United States, International Monetary Fund, Women's Eyes, Uruguay Round, Environment Department, Executive Director, World Trade Organization, External Relations, Cold War, East Asian, World Congress, Inspection Panel, Country Assistance Strategy, Ministerial Declaration, Bank Committee, Cato Institute, Center of Concern, Contracting Parties, External Gender Consultative Group, General Council, Soviet Union, James Wolfensohn New!
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In May 1998 a crowd swarmed through Geneva attacking McDonald's restaurants and vandalising expensive hotels as part of their protest against the World Trade Organization (WTO). Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
World Bank, Executive Board, Bretton Woods, United States, International Monetary Fund, Women's Eyes, Uruguay Round, Environment Department, Executive Director, World Trade Organization, External Relations, Cold War, East Asian, World Congress, Inspection Panel, Country Assistance Strategy, Ministerial Declaration, Bank Committee, Cato Institute, Center of Concern, Contracting Parties, External Gender Consultative Group, General Council, Soviet Union, James Wolfensohn New!
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- World Trade Organisation by Jackson John on 4 pages
- The World Bank: Structure and Policies (Global Economic Institutions) by Christopher L. Gilbert in Front Matter, page 10, and Back Matter
- International Law by Malcolm N. Shaw in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Retreat of the State: The Diffusion of Power in the World Economy (Cambridge Studies in International Relations) by Susan Strange in Back Matter
- The East Asian Miracle: Economic Growth and Public Policy (World Bank Policy Research Report) by The World Bank in Back Matter
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- Civil Society and Global Finance (Warwick Studies in Globalisation) by Albrecht Schnabel in Front Matter, page 160, and page 262
- Civil Society and Global Finance (Warwick Studies in Globalisation) by Albrecht Schnabel in Front Matter, page 160, and page 262
- New Economic Diplomacy: Decision-making And Negotiation In International Economic Relations (G8 & Global Governance S.) by Nicholas Bayne on page 101, and Back Matter
- Guests of God: Pilgrimage and Politics in the Islamic World by Robert R. Bianchi in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Globalization and Cross-Border Labor Solidarity in the Americas: The Anti-Sweatshop Movement and the Struggle for Social Justice by Ralph Armbruster-Sandoval in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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