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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828184403321

Autore

Toye J. F. J

Titolo

The UN and global political economy : trade, finance, and development / / John Toye and Richard Toye

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2004

ISBN

0-253-00464-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (412 p.)

Collana

United Nations intellectual history project

Altri autori (Persone)

ToyeRichard <1973->

Disciplina

337

Soggetti

International economic relations - History - 20th century

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""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""1 The UN Trade and Development Debates of the 1940's""; ""2 The UN Recruits Economists""; ""3 Michal Kalecki, the World Economic Report, and McCarthyism""; ""4 From Full Employment to Economic Development""; ""5 The Early Terms-of-Trade Controversy""; ""6 ECLA, Industrialization, and Inflation""; ""7 Competitive Coexistence and the Politics of Modernization""; ""8 The Birth of UNCTAD""; ""9 UNCTAD under RaPrebisch: Success or Failure?""

""10 World Monetary Problems and the Challenge of Commodities""""11 The Conservative Counterrevolution of the 1980's""; ""12 What Lessons for the Future?""; ""Appendix: List of Archival Sources""; ""Notes""; ""Index""; ""About the Authors""; ""About the UN Intellectual History Project""