03772oam 2200829I 450 991078442740332120200520144314.01-135-95264-71-135-95265-51-280-24204-397866102420470-203-01772-210.4324/9780203017722 (CKB)1000000000358783(EBL)254372(OCoLC)475968548(SSID)ssj0000163610(PQKBManifestationID)11170093(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000163610(PQKBWorkID)10117599(PQKB)10154454(SSID)ssj0000385213(PQKBManifestationID)11265080(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000385213(PQKBWorkID)10374191(PQKB)11504899(Au-PeEL)EBL254372(CaPaEBR)ebr10162848(CaONFJC)MIL24204(OCoLC)935229864(OCoLC)958104540(MiAaPQ)EBC254372(PPN)198463553(EXLCZ)99100000000035878320180706d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGlobal tensions challenges and opportunities in the world economy /edited by Lourdes Beneria and Savitri BisnathNew York :Routledge,2004.1 online resource (307 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-93441-9 0-415-93440-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Toward a Stark Utopia?; 2 Tax Distortion in the Global Economy; 3 Human Rights and Corporate Profits; 4 Cross-Border Externalities and International Public Goods; 5 Financial-Sector Liberalization and the Asian Financial Crisis; 6 Developing Countries and the New Financial Architecture; 7 Globalization; 8 Biotechnology and Food Security; 9 The WTO, GATS, and TPRM; 10 Labor Standards, Women's Rights, Basic Needs; 11 Contesting Global Trade Rules; 12 Utilizing Interdisciplinarity to Analyze Global Socio-Economic Change13 Development and Productive Deprivation14 Promoting Women's Capabilities; 15 The Global City; 16 Urban Tensions; 17 Urban Transport and Tensions in Developing Countries; About the Authors; IndexAgainst the backdrop of demonstrations in Seattle, Porto Alegre and Genoa and within the context of growing resistances to free trade and the current global trends, Global Tensions takes a close look at the challenges posed by the processes of globalization at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Composed of original essays by renowned scholars, this volume explores controversial topics such as free trade, women's rights, labor standards, the World Trade Organization and global tensions.Free tradeForeign trade and employmentGlobalizationEconomic aspectsGlobalizationSocial aspectsAnti-globalization movementInternational economic relationsFree trade.Foreign trade and employment.GlobalizationEconomic aspects.GlobalizationSocial aspects.Anti-globalization movement.International economic relations.337Beneria Lourdes376982Bisnath Savitri1965-1332465MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784427403321Global tensions3695273UNINA