Politics of International Trade Books

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41. New Perspectives on Gender and Migration

    Livelihood, Rights and Entitlements

    Edited by Nicola Piper

    Series: Routledge/UNRISD Research in Gender and Development

    This book discusses recent theoretical and empirical developments in international migration from a gender perspective. Its main objective is to analyse the diversification and stratification of gendered migratory streams with regard to skill level, labour market integration, and legal status. In...

    Published September 28th 2009 by Routledge
42. The Global Political Economy of Intellectual Property Rights, 2nd ed

    The New Enclosures

    By Christopher May

    Series: RIPE Series in Global Political Economy

    The first edition established itself as one of the leading books to situate the issue of intellectual property within the discipline of International Political Economy (IPE). Since its publication, intellectual property has continued to rise up the global agenda, reflecting expanding interest in...

    Published September 14th 2009 by Routledge
43. Food Fights (Routledge Revivals)

    International Regimes and the Politics of Agricultural Trade Disputes

    By Renée Marlin-Bennett

    Series: Routledge Revivals

    First published in 1993, this title explores the underlying ideologies and decision-making procedures that codify the rules of the post-World War II liberal, now defunct Soviet socialist, mercantilist and South preferential trade regimes. Food Fights presents a rich case study and rigorous data...

    Published August 31st 2009 by Routledge
44. Beyond Market Access for Economic Development

    EU-Africa relations in transition

    Edited by Gerrit Faber, Jan Orbie

    Series: Routledge Studies in the European Economy

    The Economic Partnership Agreements between the European Union and the Africa, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) countries have drastically restructured Europe’s trade architecture towards the third world. This volume examines the consequences of EPAs for development in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)....

    Published June 14th 2009 by Routledge
45. China's Foreign Trade Policy

    The New Constituencies

    Edited by Ka Zeng

    Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

    China’s rise as a major trading power has prompted debate about the nature of that country’s involvement in the liberal international economic order. China’s Foreign Trade Policy sheds light on this complex question by examining the changing domestic forces shaping China’s foreign trade relations....

    Published May 20th 2009 by Routledge
46. International Trade and Global Civil Society

    By Dev Nathan, D Narasimha Reddy, Govind Kelkar

    This study challenges the dominant tendency of civil society to negate international trade as such. The authors argue that it is necessary to frame differentiated trade rules based on levels of economic development, and also to shift from subsidies to shore up uncompetitive livelihoods to...

    Published October 23rd 2008 by Routledge India
47. Regional Trade Integration and Conflict Resolution

    Edited by Shaheen Rafi Khan

    Series: Routledge Advances in International Political Economy

    This volume addresses the growth of regional trade agreements (RTAs) which have mushroomed since the 1990s, and considers their potential as a tool for reducing inter- and intra-state conflict. Exploring the links between trade, conflict and peace in different and varying contexts, this book maps...

    Published October 19th 2008 by Routledge
48. Global Economy Contested

    Power and Conflict across the International Division of Labour

    Edited by Marcus Taylor

    Series: Rethinking Globalizations

    Although much has been written on the topic of economic globalization, few volumes examine the social foundations of the global economy in a way that puts power and contestation at the forefront of the analysis. This book addresses this gap by emphasizing the contested social processes that...

    Published May 7th 2008 by Routledge
49. International Trade and Neoliberal Globalism

    Towards Re-peripheralisation in Australia, Canada and Mexico?

    Edited by Paul Bowles, Ray Broomhill, Teresa Gutiérrez-Haces, Stephen McBride

    Series: Routledge Studies in Governance and Change in the Global Era

    International trade must be analysed within the historical context within which it occurs. Behind the statistics on trade flows lie power structures, class interests and international hierarchies. These change over time and how countries respond to them has critical implications for their citizen’s...

    Published May 1st 2008 by Routledge
50. Risk in International Finance

    By Vikash Yadav

    Series: Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy

    This book analyzes the evolution and impact of the concept of risk on processes of transnational banking and financial market regulation, as well as the externalities generated by speculative financial activity in developing and emerging market economies. The author provides an alternative theory...

    Published March 18th 2008 by Routledge