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Author:   Professor John J. Kirton ,  Peter I. Hajnal
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Ashgate Publishing Limited
ISBN:  

9780754638841

ISBN 10:   0754638847
Pages:   400
Publication Date:   28 April 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Introduction, observations, and conclusions, John J. Kirton and Peter I. Hajnal; Local and Transboundary Networks and Co-Operation; Engaging local communities in environmental protection with competitiveness: community advisory panels in Canada and the United States, Virginia Maclaren, Angela Morris, and Sonia Labatt; Precaution versus sound science: risk discourses and civil society participation in international food safety negotiations, Diane Bartlett and Harriet Friedmann; Continentalism from below? Trinational mobilization among labour unions, environmental organizations, and indigenous peoples, Stefanie J. Bowles, Ian Thomas MacDonald, Jennifer Leah Mullen, and Stephen Clarkson; The emergence of environmental movement-government partnerships, Ken Ogilvie; Local nongovernmental organisations, global governance, and the challenges of a global movement for sustainable food and agriculture, Debbie Field; North American and Hemispheric Experiences; A North American community of law with minimal institutions: NAFTA's committees and working groups, Sarah Davidson Ladly, Carlton Thorne, and Stephen Clarkson; Regional multinationals and triad strategy, Alan M. Rugman and Alain Verbeke; NAFTA's Chapter 11: Investor protection, integration, and the public interest, Julie Soloway; NAFTA's Chapter 11: The case for reform, Chris Tollefson; The Multilateral Trade and Finance System; What are the necessary ingredients for the World Trading Order?, Sylvia Ostry; Trade liberalisation, regulatory diversity, and political sovereignty, Michael J. Trebilcock; Civil society and the roots of structural conditionality in the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, Louis W. Pauly; World Trade Organization gridlock and alternative regimes to pursue an international social clause, Scott Vaughan; The G8 and United Nations Systems; Civil society, the United Nations, and G7/8 summitry, Peter I. Hajnal; Building democratic partnerships; The G8-civil society link, John J. Kirton; Civil society engagement: a case study of the 2002 G8 environment ministers meeting, Sheila Risbud; Canada and the Kyoto Protocol: beyond ratification to implementation, Desiree M. McGraw; Globalization of the marketplace, Michael E. Cloghesy; Conclusion; Civil society and institutions of global governance, Bill Graham; Index.

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John J. Kirton is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto, Canada. Peter I. Hajnal is Research Associate at the Munk Centre for International Studies and Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Information Studies, both at the University of Toronto, Canada.

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