Global Governance in Question: Empire, Class and the New Common Sense in Managing North-South Relations

Name: Global Governance in Question: Empire, Class and the New Common Sense in Managing North-South Relations
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ISBN: 9780745320694

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Edition: 2006 (Annotated)

Authors: Susanne Soederberg

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"Global governance is the latest buzzword. Now comes a study that brings clarity and critical analysis to this ill-defined topic." William I. Robinson, University of California-Santa Barbara "[An] acute and revealing examination of the economic difficulties facing the American empire." Ronnie D. Lipschutz, Professor of Politics, University of California, Santa Cruz "Indispensable for students of international polical economy and a must for political activists." Professor Elmar Altvater, Department of Political Science, Free University, Berlin Like many buzzwords, 'global governance' is as poorly understood as it is popular. In contrast to most mainstream accounts, this book examines…

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List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Pluto Press
Publication date: 4/20/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 216
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.46" long x 0.47" tall
Weight: 0.572
Language: English

Susanne Soederberg is a Canada Research Chair in Global Political Economy and Associate Professor in International Development Studies at Queen's University, Kingston, Canada. She is author of The Politics of the New International Financial Architecture: Reimposing Neoliberal Domination in the Global South (Zed, 2005).



Series Introduction


Acknowledgements


Acronyms



Global Governance in Question



Transcending Common Sense: Towards an Historical-Materialist Critique of Global Governance



Global Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility



Managing Sovereign Default within the Transnational Debt Architecture



Global Governance and Development Assistance: The Case of America's Millennium Challenge Account



Conclusion: Beyond Global Governance?


Notes


Bibliography


Index


Tables



US Direct Investment Position Abroad on an Historical-Cost Basis, 1955-2003



Growth of the World's Largest Firms, 1962-82



Stock of FDI in the South by Major Countries, 1967 and 1983



FDI Outward Stock, by Home Region and Economy, 1980-2002



FDI Inward Stock, by Host Region and Economy, 1980-2002



Top 20 of the Financial Times Global 500 Rankings 2004



Global Current Account Balances, 1981-2001



Long-Term Debt



Net Capital Flows to Developing Countries, 1997-2003



Eligibility Criteria for the MCA


Boxes



Principal Obligations of TNCs in the Draft United Nations Code of Conduct on Transnational Corporations



10 Principles of the Global Compact