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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785694903321

Autore

Sneyd A

Titolo

Governing Cotton [[electronic resource] ] : Globalization and Poverty in Africa / / by A. Sneyd

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2011

ISBN

1-282-99950-8

9786612999505

0-230-29945-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2011.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (254 p.)

Collana

International Political Economy Series, , 2662-2483

Disciplina

338.1/7351096

338.17351

Soggetti

International relations

Asia—Politics and government

Economic policy

Africa—Politics and government

Political economy

Economic development

International Relations

Asian Politics

Development Policy

African Politics

International Political Economy

Development Studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: Cotton-Picking Problems Beyond the WTO; 2 Historic Relationships Between Cotton and Poverty; 3 Global Trade Governance and Cotton Dependence: Beyond Poverty Maintenance; 4 Breaking the Historic Relationships in Tanzania; 5 NGOs, Conventional Production and Poverty; 6 CSR and the Cotton-Poverty Relationship; 7 Conclusions: Global Interventions and Poverty Eradication; Appendix A: Sources for



Cotton Statistics; Appendix B: Stabilization, Adjustment and Rural Livelihoods; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book traces the historic relationships between cotton production, the international cotton trade and poverty south of the Sahara, and assesses various approaches to corporate social responsibility and nongovernmental policy advocacy in this area.