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Record Nr.

UNINA9910959152903321

Autore

Sneyd Adam <1978->

Titolo

Governing Cotton : Globalization and Poverty in Africa / / by A. Sneyd

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

9786612999505

9781282999503

1282999508

9780230299450

0230299458

Edizione

[1st ed. 2011.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (254 p.)

Collana

International Political Economy Series, , 2662-2491

Disciplina

338.1/7351096

Soggetti

International relations

Asia - Politics and government

Economic development

Africa - Politics and government

International economic relations

International Relations

Asian Politics

Development Studies

African Politics

International Political Economy'

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.