Global Backlash: Citizen Initiatives for a Just World Economy

368 Pages·2002·6.749 MB·English

by  Robin Broad (editor)

Global Backlash
NEW MILLENNIUM BOOKS
IN INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
Deborah J. Gemer, Series Editor
NEW MILLENNIUM BOOKS issue out of the unique position of the global system at the
end of the Cold War, the end of the twentieth century, and the beginning of a new millen
nium in which our understandings about war, peace, identity, sovereignty, security, and
sustainability-whether economic, environmental, or ethical-are likely to be challenged.
In the new millennium of international relations, new theories, new actors, and new poli
cies and processes are all bound to be engaged. Books in the series will be of three types:
compact core texts, supplementary texts, and readers.
Editorial Board
Mark Boyer Ole Holsti GeraId Schneider
University of Connecticut Duke University University of Konstanz, Germany
Maryann Cusimano Love Barry Hughes Philip Schrodt
Catholic University of America University of Denver University of Kansas
John Freeman Christopher Joyner Eric Selbin
University of Minnesota Georgetown University Southwestern University
Nils Petter Gleditsch Margaret Karns Timothy M. Shaw
International Peace University of Dayt on University of London
Research Institute
Audie Klolz Thomas Weiss
Joshua Goldstein University of Illinois-Chicago City University
American University of New York
Marc Levy
Vicki Golich Columbia University Eugene Wittkopf
California State Louisiana State University
Laura Neack
University-San Marcos
Miami University Michael Zuem
Ted Robert Gurr Bremen University
Anne Sisson Runyan
University of Maryland
University of Cincinnati
Titles in the Series
Military-Civilian Interactions: Intervening in Humanitarian Crises
Thomas C. Weiss
Negotiating a Complex World: An Introduction to International Negotiation
Brigid Starkey, Mark A. Boyer, and Jonathan Wilkenfeld
Global Backlash: Citizen Initiatives for a Just World Economy
Edited by Robin Broad
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Globalization and Belonging: The Politics of Identity in a Changing World
By Sheila Croucher
The Global New Deal: Economic and Social Human Rights in World Politics
By William F. Felice
Liberals and Criminals: IPE in the New Millennium
By H. Richard Friman
International Law in the 21st Century
By Christopher C. Joyner
Global Politics As If People Mattered: World Political Economy from the Ground Up
By Ronnie D. Lipschutz and Mary Ann Tetreault
The Peace Puzzle: Ending Violent Conflict in the 21st Century
By George A. Lopez
The New Foreign Policy
By Laura Neack
Political Violence
By Philip A. Schrodt

Global Backlash
Citizen Initiatives for a
Just World Economy
Edited by
Robin Broad
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Global backlash: citizen initiatives for a just world economy / edited by Robin Broad.
p. cm. - (New millennium books in international studies)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 978-0-7425-1034-0
1. International economic relations. 2. Globalization-Economic aspects. 3.
Globalization-Social aspects. 4. Globalization-Environmental aspects. 5. International
business enterprises-Management-Citizen participation. 6. Economic policy-Citizen
participation. 7. Sustainable development-Citizen participation. I. Broad, Robin.n.
Series.
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To the memory of
Abraham "BamBam" dela Cerna
and to
Romulo "Billy" J. de la Rosa,
who each, gently and patiently, began my education on
"corporate-led globalization" in the Philippines in 1977 and 1978.
I am forever grateful.

~
Brief Contents
Acknowledgments xv
List of Acronyms xix
Introduction: Of Magenta Hair, Nose Rings, and NaIvete 1
Part I: The Clash of Visions 11
Part II: The Historical Context 63
Part Ill: Realigning Trade Rules 115
Part IV: Challenging Corporate Conduct 171
Part V: Rolling Back Globalization 241
Conclusion: What Does It All Add Up To? 301
Bibliography of Global Backlash Web Sites 309
Index 325
About the Contributors 335
Credits 343
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