Contesting Global Governance: Multilateral Economic Institutions and Global Social Movements: 71 (Cambridge Studies in International Relations, Series Number 71) - Hardcover

Book 17 of 96: Cambridge Studies in International Relations

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

 
9780521773157: Contesting Global Governance: Multilateral Economic Institutions and Global Social Movements: 71 (Cambridge Studies in International Relations, Series Number 71)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0521773156 ISBN 13: 9780521773157
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2000

Synopsis

A rich analysis of the increasingly important engagement between international institutions and global social movements.

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Review

"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

Book Description

This book argues that increasing engagement between international institutions and global social movements is producing a new form of international organisation. The authors provide a rich analysis of the relationship between the IMF, World Bank, and World Trade Organization, and environmental, labour and women's movements.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2000
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521773156
ISBN 13 
9780521773157
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
280

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