Sustainability, Civil Society and International Governance : Local, North American and Global Contributions.
by
Hajnal, Peter I, Professor.
Title
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Sustainability, Civil Society and International Governance : Local, North American and Global Contributions.
Author
:
Hajnal, Peter I, Professor.
ISBN
:
9780754680949
Personal Author
:
Hajnal, Peter I, Professor.
Physical Description
:
1 online resource (423 pages)
Series
:
Global Environmental Governance
Contents
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Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Contributors -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations and Acronyms -- PART I: INTRODUCTION -- 1 Introduction, Observations, and Conclusions -- PART II: LOCAL AND TRANSBOUNDARY NETWORKS AND CO-OPERATION -- 2 Engaging Local Communities in Environmental Protection with Competitiveness: Community Advisory Panels in Canada and the United States -- 3 Precaution Versus Sound Science: Risk Discourses and Civil Society Participation in International Food Safety Negotiations -- 4 Continentalism from Below? Trinational Mobilisation among Labour Unions, Environmental Organisations, and Indigenous Peoples -- 5 The Emergence of Environmental Movement-Government Partnerships -- 6 Local Nongovernmental Organisations, Global Governance, and the Challenges of a Global Movement for Sustainable Food and Agriculture -- PART III: NORTH AMERICAN AND HEMISPHERIC EXPERIENCES -- 7 A North American Community of Law with Minimal Institutions: NAFTA's Committees and Working Groups -- 8 Regional Multinational Corporations and Triad Strategy -- 9 NAFTA's Chapter 11: Investor Protection, Integration, and the Public Interest -- 10 NAFTA's Chapter 11: The Case for Reform -- PART IV: THE MULTILATERAL TRADE AND FINANCE SYSTEM -- 11 What Are the Necessary Ingredients for the World Trading Order? -- 12 Trade Liberalisation, Regulatory Diversity, and Political Sovereignty -- 13 Civil Society and the Roots of Structural Conditionality in the World Bank and International Monetary Fund -- 14 World Trade Organization Gridlock and Alternative Regimes to Pursue an International Social Clause -- PART V: THE G8 AND UNITED NATIONS SYSTEMS -- 15 Civil Society, the United Nations, and G7/8 Summitry -- 16 Building Democratic Partnerships: The G8-Civil Society Link.
17 Civil Society Engagement: A Case Study of the 2002 G8 Environment Ministers Meeting -- 18 Canada and the Kyoto Protocol: Beyond Ratification to Implementation -- 19 Globalisation of the Marketplace -- PART VI: CONCLUSION -- 20 Civil Society and Institutions of Global Governance -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
Abstract
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This important and wide-ranging volume explores how civil society and global governors have, could and should come together in new ways to improve links among trade, environmental and social values.
Local Note
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
Subject Term
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Environmental policy.
Environmentalism.
International economic relations.
Sustainable development -- Government policy.
Sustainable development -- International cooperation.
Genre
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Electronic books.
Added Author
:
Kirton, John J, Professor.
Kirton, Professor John J.
Schreurs, Professor Miranda A.
Von Moltke, Mr. Konrad.
Electronic Access
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Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Status |
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IYTE Library | E-Book | 1204027-1001 | HC79 .E5 -- S86634 2006 EB | Ebrary E-Books |