03894nam 2200745 450 991045364010332120200520144314.00-691-12353-51-4008-4941-110.1515/9781400849413(CKB)2550000001138522(EBL)1422527(SSID)ssj0001168336(PQKBManifestationID)11776747(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001168336(PQKBWorkID)11143068(PQKB)10927362(MiAaPQ)EBC1422527(OCoLC)860711613(MdBmJHUP)muse37243(DE-B1597)447347(OCoLC)922665751(OCoLC)999372782(DE-B1597)9781400849413(Au-PeEL)EBL1422527(CaPaEBR)ebr10782845(CaONFJC)MIL530063(OCoLC)860923658(EXLCZ)99255000000113852220050127h20062006 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe social construction of free trade the European Union, NAFTA, and Mercosur /Francesco DuinaCourse BookPrinceton, New Jersey :Princeton University Press,[2006]©20061 online resource (269 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-691-13378-6 1-299-98812-1 Includes bibliographical references (pages [217]-240) and index.Introduction and theoretical framework -- Visions of free trade -- Institutions, politics, and the making of regional markets -- The evolution of law and society in the EU, Mercosur, and NAFTA -- The use of regional law to standardize reality -- The targets and content of regional law -- Societal adjustments to integration -- Conclusion -- Reflections on the present and future.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.Free tradeFree tradeSocial aspectsRegionalismTrade blocsElectronic books.Free trade.Free tradeSocial aspects.Regionalism.Trade blocs.382/.71MK 5250BVBrvkDuina Francesco G.1969-1027630MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453640103321The social construction of free trade2443193UNINA03763nam 2200697Ia 450 991078243800332120230721004018.01-315-57617-11-317-15382-01-317-15381-21-281-96876-597866119687620-7546-8901-8(CKB)1000000000579340(EBL)438914(OCoLC)657130116(SSID)ssj0000135902(PQKBManifestationID)11134375(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000135902(PQKBWorkID)10083236(PQKB)10176755(Au-PeEL)EBL438914(CaPaEBR)ebr10271843(CaONFJC)MIL196876(MiAaPQ)EBC438914(EXLCZ)99100000000057934020080717d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDe-coding new regionalism[electronic resource] shifting socio-political contexts in Central Europe and Latin America /edited by James W. ScottFarnham, England ;Burlington, VT Ashgatec20091 online resource (273 p.)Urban and regional planning and developmentDescription based upon print version of record.0-7546-7098-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Part 1 Introduction: Aims and Outline of the book; 1 Introduction; Part 2 Systemic Transformation and the Politics of Scale; 2 Systemic Transformation and the Implementation of New Regionalist Paradigms: Experiences of Central Europe and Latin America; 3 Between Crisis and Adaptation: Economic Aspects of Institutional Change in Latin America and Central Europe; 4 Policies of Regionalization in a Transformational Context: Some Conceptual Considerations; 5 Regions, New Regionalism and Regime Theory: Deciphering Post-Socialist Institutional ChangePart 3 Case Studies of Region-building in Latin America6 An Indecisive New Regionalism in Mexico? The Case of Jalisco; 7 Decentralization and Regions in Brazil: An Economic Development Perspective; 8 Redefining Regional Policies in Venezuela: From Decentralization to Recentralization; Part 4 Case Studies of Region-building in Central Europe; 9 Regional Development and'New' Regionalism in Poland; 10 Regionalization in Hungary: Options and Scenarios on the 'Road to Europe'; 11 'Reaching for the Stars': East German Urban Regions and the Vicissitudes of Place-Making12 The Emergence of New Regionsin Transition RomaniaPart 5 Conclusion; 13 New Regionalism and Evolving Territorialities of the State; IndexBringing together comparative case studies from Central Europe and South America, this book focuses on 'new' regions - regions created as political projects of modernization and 're-scaling'. Through this approach it de-codes 'New Regionalism' in terms of its contributions to institutional change, while acknowledging its contested nature and contradictions.Urban and regional planning and development.Regional planningEurope, CentralRegional planningLatin AmericaRegionalismEurope, CentralRegionalismLatin AmericaRegional planningRegional planningRegionalismRegionalism307.1/20943Scott James Wesley1144887MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782438003321De-coding new regionalism3868343UNINA