Contesting Global Governance: Multilateral Economic Institutions and Global Social Movements

by Robert O'Brien, Anne Marie Goetz, Jan Aart Scholte, Marc Williams

Overview

The contest to shape global governance is increasingly being conducted on a number of levels and among a diverse set of actors. This book argues that increasing engagement between international institutions and sectors of civil society is producing a new form of international organization. The authors study the relationship between the IMF, World Bank, and World Trade Organisation, and environmental, labor, and women's movements, providing a rich analysis of the institutional response to social movement pressure.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521773157
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	04/20/2000
Series:	Cambridge Studies in International Relations , #71
Pages:	280
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.75(d)
Lexile:	1420L (what's this?)

Table of Contents

Preface; List of abbreviations; 1. Contesting global governance: multilateralism and global social movements; 2. The World Bank and women's movements; 3. The World Trade Organisation and labour; 4. The World Bank, the World Trade Organisation and the environmental social movement; 5. The International Monetary Fund and social movements; 6. Complex multilateralism: MEIs and GSMs; References; Index.

Editorial Reviews

"empirically rich" Foreign Affairs

"...[the book] usefully highlights the unresolved tensions between state-sponsored institutions and growing transnational civic activism." Foreign Affairs

"useful study...the analysis is refreshing...this book remains useful for scholars of social movements." The Georgetown Public Policy Review Fall 2001

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