Narrow your search
Listing 1 - 10 of 94 << page
of 10
>>
Sort by

Book
Trade cooperation : the purpose, design and effects of preferential trade agreement World trade Forum
Authors: ---
ISBN: 9781107083875 1107083877 9781316018453 9781107444676 1322560528 1316028674 1316028194 1316018458 1107444675 1316030121 1316029646 131603108X 1316032043 131603156X 9781316028674 9781316032046 Year: 2015 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

Loading...
Export citation

Choose an application

Bookmark

Abstract

Preferential trade agreements (PTAs) have been proliferating for more than two decades, with the negotiations for a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership and a Trans-Pacific Partnership being just the tip of the iceberg. This volume addresses some of the most pressing issues related to the surge of these agreements. It includes chapters written by leading political scientists, economists and lawyers which theoretically and empirically advance our understanding of trade agreements. The key theme is that PTAs vary widely in terms of design. The authors provide explanations as to why we see these differences in design and whether and how these differences matter in practice. The tools for understanding the purposes and effects of PTAs that are offered will guide future research and inform practitioners and trade policy experts about progress in the scientific enquiry into PTAs.


Book
The analysis of competition policy and sectoral regulation
Authors: ---
ISBN: 9814616362 9789814616362 9789814616355 9814616354 Year: 2014 Publisher: Singapore : World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.,

Loading...
Export citation

Choose an application

Bookmark

Abstract

This volume contains a selection of papers that were presented at the CRESSE Conferences held in Chania, Crete, from July 6th to 8th, 2012, and in Corfu from July 5th to 7th, 2013. The chapters address current policy issues in competition and regulation. The book contains contributions at the frontier of competition economics and regulation and provides perspectives on recent research findings in the field. Written by experts in their respective fields, the book brings together current thinking on market forces at play in imperfectly competitive industries, how firms use anti-competitive pract


Book
Alternative enforcement of competition law
Author:
ISBN: 9462746095 9789462746091 9789462367074 9462367078 Year: 2016 Publisher: Hague, Netherlands : Eleven International Publishing,

Loading...
Export citation

Choose an application

Bookmark

Abstract

This research analyses and compares the use of certain alternative enforcement instruments, such as negotiated procedures, markets work, individual guidance and compliance programmes, by the Dutch, UK and French competition authorities. Competition authorities are known for imposing enormous fines on companies that have infringed the law. However, most authorities are equally active in educating, deliberating, influencing or preventing. Alternative enforcement entails a deviation from command-and-control style enforcement and can be characterised as informal, horizontal, compliance-based, restorative, preventative and/or more efficient. This book draws from the differences between the national approaches to show the advantages and downsides of negotiated procedures, markets work, individual guidance and compliance programmes. Also, it provides recommendations to pursue a balance between instrumentality and safeguards within the instruments, and in enforcement policy as a whole. This research will be of interest for both academics and practitioners in the field of competition law and enforcement --Back cover.


Book
Brewing justice : fair trade coffee, sustainability, and survival
Author:
ISBN: 0520282248 1322058784 0520957881 9780520957886 9781322058788 9780520282247 Year: 2014 Publisher: Berkeley, California : University of California Press,

Loading...
Export citation

Choose an application

Bookmark

Abstract

Fair trade is a fast-growing alternative market intended to bring better prices and greater social justice to small farmers around the world. But what does a fair-trade label signify? This vivid study of coffee farmers in Mexico offers the first thorough investigation of the social, economic, and environmental benefits of fair trade. Based on extensive research in Zapotec indigenous communities in Oaxaca, Brewing Justice follows the members of the cooperative Michiza, whose organic coffee is sold on the international fair-trade market, and compares them to conventional farming families in the same region. The book carries readers into the lives of coffee-producer households and communities, offering a nuanced analysis of fair trade's effects on everyday life and the limits of its impact. Brewing Justice paints a clear picture of the dynamics of the fair-trade market and its relationship to the global economy. Drawing on interviews with dozens of fair-trade leaders, the book also explores the movement's fraught politics, especially the challenges posed by rapid growth and the increased role of transnational corporations. It concludes with recommendations to strengthen and protect the integrity of fair trade. This updated edition includes a substantial new chapter that assesses recent developments in both coffee-growing communities and movement politics, offering a guide to navigating the shifting landscape of fair-trade consumption.


Book
Beyond alternative food networks : Italy's solidarity purchase groups
Author:
ISBN: 9780857852281 9780857852274 9781472520913 9780857852298 0857852299 1472520912 0857852280 0857852272 Year: 2020 Publisher: London, England : London, England : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Bloomsbury Publishing,

Loading...
Export citation

Choose an application

Bookmark

Abstract

Food activism is core to the contemporary study of food - there are numerous foodscapes which exist within the umbrella definition of food activism from farmer's markets, organic food movements to Fair Trade. This highly original book focuses on one key emerging foodscape dominating the Italian alternative food network (AFN) scene: GAS (gruppi di acquisto solidale or solidarity-based purchase groups) and explores the innovative social dynamics underlying these networks and the reasons behind their success. Based on a detailed 'insider' ethnography, this study interprets the principles behind t.

The clash of globalisations : neo-liberalism, the third way, and anti-globalisation
Author:
ISBN: 9789004143180 9004143181 9786610867806 9047407202 1280867809 1433704838 9789047407201 9781433704833 9781280867804 6610867801 Year: 2005 Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill,

Loading...
Export citation

Choose an application

Bookmark

Abstract

This book provides a powerful critique of the case made for 'globalisation', with particular emphasis placed on neo-liberalism, the third way, and the hegemonic role of the US state. It then examines the rise of 'anti-globalisation' politics and the debate over progressive alternatives to 'actually existing globalisation'.


Book
Competition law and economic regulation : addressing market power in southern Africa
Authors: --- ---
ISBN: 1776140915 1776140907 9781776140916 1776142004 9781776142002 9781776140909 Year: 2017 Publisher: Johannesburg : Wits University Press,

Loading...
Export citation

Choose an application

Bookmark

Abstract

Shaping markets through competition and economic regulation is at the heart of addressing the development challenges facing countries in southern Africa. The contributors to Competition Law and Economic Regulation: Addressing Market Power in southern Africa critically assess the efficacy of the competition and economic regulation frameworks, including the impact of a number of the regional competition authorities in a range of sectors throughout southern Africa. Featuring academics as well as practitioners in the field, the book addresses issues common to southern African countries, where markets are small and concentrated, with particularly high barriers to entry, and where the resources to enforce legislation against anti-competitive conduct are limited. What is needed, the contributors argue, is an understanding of competition and regional integration as part of an inclusive growth agenda for Africa. By examining competition and regulation in a single framework, and viewing this within the southern African experience, this volume adds new perspectives to the global competition literature. It is an essential reference tool and will be of great interest to policymakers and regulators, as well as the rapidly growing ecosystem of legal practitioners and economists engaged in the field.

Transforming Globalization : Challenges and Opportunities in the Post 9/11 Era
Authors: ---
ISBN: 9004145834 9789004145832 9781429427326 1429427329 9789047408154 9047408152 1280868600 9781280868603 9786610868605 6610868603 1433707543 9781433707544 Year: 2005 Publisher: Leiden; Boston : BRILL,

Loading...
Export citation

Choose an application

Bookmark

Abstract

This volume examines the emergence of the movement of resistance that has arisen to challenge neoliberal forms of globalization. The co-authors of this book describe how workers, environmentalists, human rights activists, and a wide variety of other groups have joined together to protest against institutions such as the WTO, the IMF, and the World Bank. Ongoing challenges facing the movement are objectively reviewed. Authors also highlight the continuing vitality of the movement in the post 9/11 period. By providing a collection of social scientific analyses, this volume significantly advances our understanding of what is probably the most important progressive movement of our time.


Book
Contention and corporate social responsibility
Author:
ISBN: 9780521727068 9780511804359 9780521898409 9780511641381 0511641389 0511638949 9780511638947 0511804350 0521898404 0521727065 1107202094 051163787X 0511640021 Year: 2009 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

Loading...
Export citation

Choose an application

Bookmark

Abstract

This book examines anti-corporate activism in the United States, including analysis of anti-corporate challenges associated with social movements as diverse as the Civil Rights Movement and the Dolphin-safe Tuna Movement. Using a unique dataset of protest events in the United States, the book shows that anti-corporate activism is primarily about corporate policies, products, and negligence. Although activists have always been distrustful of corporations and sought to change them, until the 1970s and 1980s, this was primarily accomplished via seeking government regulation of corporations or via organized labor. Sarah A. Soule traces the shift brought about by deregulation and the decline in organized labor, which prompted activists to target corporations directly, often in combination with targeting the state. Using the literatures on contentious and private politics, which are both essential for understanding anti-corporate activism, the book provides a nuanced understanding of the changing focal points of activism directed at corporations.

Global revolt
Author:
ISBN: 1848136919 1281259195 9786611259198 1848131429 9781848131422 9781848136915 9781281259196 9781842774830 1842774832 9781842774823 1842774824 1842774824 1842774832 1350220469 Year: 2005 Publisher: London New York Zed Books

Loading...
Export citation

Choose an application

Bookmark

Abstract

Millions of people have already become active in rejecting corporate globalization and developing alternatives to it. Millions more know that something is terribly wrong and are ready to begin taking action. This book is for them. Amory Starr is author of Naming the Enemy, a book that foresaw the emergent anti-globalization network nearly a decade ago. Here she provides, in concise and engaging style and with activist insight: (i) a history of the movements' emergence, (ii) an outline of their analyses and aims, (iii) a digest of the ongoing controversies and dilemmas, and (iv) an inspiring co.

Listing 1 - 10 of 94 << page
of 10
>>
Sort by