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This book offers a compelling new interpretation of the proliferation of regional trade agreements (RTAs) at the end of the twentieth century. Challenging the widespread assumption that RTAs should be seen as fundamentally similar economic initiatives to pursue free trade, Francesco Duina proposes that the world is reorganizing itself into regions that are highly distinctive and enduring. With evidence from Europe, North America, and South America, he challenges our understanding of globalization, the nature of markets, and the spread of neoliberalism. The pursuit of free trade is a profoundly social process and, as such, a unique endeavor wherever it takes place. In an unprecedented comparative analysis, the book offers striking evidence of differences in the legal architectures erected to standardize the worldview of market participants and the reaction of key societal organizations--interest groups, businesses, and national administrations--to a broader marketplace. The author gives special attention to developments in three key areas of economic life: women in the workplace, the dairy industry, and labor rights. With its bold and original approach and its impressive range of data, The Social Construction of Free Trade represents a major advance in the growing fields of economic sociology and comparative regional integration.

Foreign trade. International trade --- Commercial law --- Mercosur --- North American Free Trade Agreement --- European Union --- Free trade. --- Free trade --- Regionalism. --- Trade blocs. --- Libre-échange --- Régionalisme --- Blocs commerciaux --- Social aspects. --- Aspect social --- European Union. --- Canada. --- MERCOSUR (Organization) --- MERCUSOR -- 327.373 --- FREE TRADE -- 347.74 --- EU -- 347.74 --- NAFTA -- 347.74 --- MERCUSOR -- 347.74 --- FREE TRADE -- 346.45 --- NAFTA -- 346.45 --- MERCUSOR -- 346.45 --- NAFTA -- 327.373 --- AA / International- internationaal --- EEC / European Union - EU -Europese Unie - Union Européenne - UE --- LAM / Latin America - Latijns Amerika - Amérique Latine --- 334.80 --- 337.550 --- Europese Unie --- Latijns-Amerika --- globalisering --- handel, internationaal --- internationale samenwerking inzake prijzen, handel en verkeer: algemeen. --- Douane-unies (algemeenheden). --- MERCOSUR (Organization). --- Libre-échange --- Régionalisme --- Regional economic blocs --- Regional trading blocs --- Trading blocs --- Free trade and protection --- Trade, Free --- Trade liberalization --- Mexico. --- United States. --- E.U. --- Mercado Común del Sur --- Mercosul (Organization) --- Southern Cone Common Market --- Common Market of the South --- Mercado Común del Cono Sur --- International trade --- Human geography --- Nationalism --- Interregionalism --- Unión de Naciones Suramericanas --- Regionalism --- Trade blocs --- Social aspects --- internationale samenwerking inzake prijzen, handel en verkeer: algemeen --- Douane-unies (algemeenheden) --- NAFTA --- Tratado Trilateral de Libre Comercio --- TTLC --- Tratado de Libre Comercio en América del Norte --- TLCAN --- Tratado de Libre Comercio de Norteamérica --- Hokubei Jiyū Bōeki Kyōtei --- Acordo Norte-Americano de Livre Comércio --- T.L.C. --- TLC --- Accord de libre-échange nord-américain --- ALENA --- Tratado de Libre Comercio --- Agreement between Canada, the United States of America, and the United Mexican States --- Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte --- United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement