Sustainability, Civil Society and International Governance : Local, North American and Global Contributions.
by
 
Hajnal, Peter I, Professor.

Title
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
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
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
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
Environmental policy.
 
Environmentalism.
 
International economic relations.
 
Sustainable development -- Government policy.
 
Sustainable development -- International cooperation.

Genre
Electronic books.

Added Author
Kirton, John J, Professor.
 
Kirton, Professor John J.
 
Schreurs, Professor Miranda A.
 
Von Moltke, Mr. Konrad.

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LibraryMaterial TypeItem BarcodeShelf NumberStatus
IYTE LibraryE-Book1204027-1001HC79 .E5 -- S86634 2006 EBEbrary E-Books