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

• Autore: Sneyd A
• Pubblicazione: London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2011
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2011.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (254 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.1/7351096; 338.17351
• Soggetto topico: 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
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Governing Cotton
• ISBN: 1-282-99950-8; 9786612999505; 0-230-29945-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910785694903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: International Political Economy Series, . 2662-2483