Global backlash : citizen initiatives for a just world economy / edited by Robin Broad.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Broad, Robin.

Series:

New millennium books in international studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International economic relations.

Globalization--Economic aspects.

Globalization.

Globalization--Social aspects.

Globalization--Environmental aspects.

International business enterprises--Management--Citizen participation.

International business enterprises.

Economic policy--Citizen participation.

Economic policy.

Sustainable development--Citizen participation.

Sustainable development.

International business enterprises--Management.

Physical Description:

xx, 347 pages ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2002]

Summary:

Global Backlash is the first book to move beyond the monolithic portrayal of the globalization protests that have escalated since Seattle and are not likely to abate soon. With trenchant analysis and dozens of primary documents from a variety of popular and uncommon sources, Robin Broad explores proposals and initiatives coming from the backlash to answer the question, But what do they want? A range of sophisticated propositions and a vibrant debate among segments of the backlash emerge. Highly readable and analytically powerful, this book is vital to understanding the most potent protest movement of our times. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Contents:

Introduction: Of Magenta Hair, Nose Rings, and Naivete 1

Part I The Clash of Visions

1.1 Globaphobia: Confronting Fears about Open Trade / Gary Burtless, Robert Z. Lawrence, Robert E. Litan, Robert J. Shapiro 23

1.2 Address to WTO Ministerial Meeting / Kofi Annan 26

1.3 Report of the International Financial Institution Advisory Commission / Allan H. Meltzer 29

1.4 Free Trade Is Not Free / Patrick J. Buchanan 34

1.5 Globalism on the Ropes / Mark Weisbrot 38

1.6 Alternatives to Economic Globalization / International Forum on Globalization 42

1.7 The New Internationalism / John J. Sweeney 47

1.8 General Principles and Gender / Hemispheric Social Alliance 51

1.9 The Death of the Washington Consensus? / Robin Broad, John Cavanagh 56

Part II The Historical Context

2.1 How Europe Underdeveloped Africa / Walter Rodney 77

2.2 Why Can't People Feed Themselves? / Frances Moore Lappe, Joseph Collins 80

2.3 Long before Seattle: Historical Resistance to Economic Globalization / Zahara Heckscher 86

2.4 Present at the Creation: The Bretton Woods Agreements / Dean Acheson 92

2.5 Multinational Corporations and United States Foreign Policy / Senator Frank Church 95

2.6 Declaration on the Establishment of a New International Economic Order / United Nations General Assembly 99

2.7 We Are to Be Sacrificed: Indigenous Peoples and Dams / Wada Taw-il 103

2.8 The Pillars of the System / Jacques B. Gelinas 106

Part III Realigning Trade Rules

3.1 A Just and Sustainable Trade and Development Initiative for North America / Mexican Action Network on Free Trade, Alliance for Responsible Trade, Citizens Trade Campaign, with Action Canada Network 129

3.2 Another Look at NAFTA / Lance Compa 135

3.3 Cross-Border Labor Solidarity / Maria Lorena Cook 140

3.4 NAFTA's Labor Agreement: Lessons / Jerome I. Levinson 142

3.5 Building Workers' Human Rights into the Global Trading System / International Confederation of Free Trade Unions 150

3.6 How the South Is Getting a Raw Deal at the WTO / Martin Khor 154

3.7 How to Support the Rights of Women Workers in the Context of Trade Liberalisation in India / Rohini Hensman 158

3.8 Agreement on the Establishment of a Free Trade Area / United States of America and Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan 165

Part IV Challenging Corporate Conduct

4.1 The Conscious Consumer: Promoting Economic Justice through Fair Trade / Rose Benz Ericson 188

4.2 What Hope for "Ethical" Trade in the Globalized Garment Industry? / Angela Hale 192

4.3 Business Partner Terms of Engagement and Guidelines for Country Selection / Levi Strauss & Co. 197

4.4 Presentation and Acceptance of Reebok Youth in Action Award / Iqbal Masih, Blair Underwood 199

4.5 Children of the Looms: Rescuing the "Carpet Kids" of Nepal, India, and Pakistan / Suzanne Charle 201

4.6 Independent Monitoring in Guatemala: What Can Civil Society Contribute? / Homero Fuentes, Dennis Smith 206

4.7 Can Advocacy-Led Certification Systems Transform Global Corporate Practices? / Michael E. Conroy 210

4.8 Forest Stewardship Council Principles and Criteria / Forest Stewardship Council 216

4.9 Letter to University Presidents Regarding Anti-Sweatshop Campaigns on American Campuses / Academic Consortium on International Trade 222

4.10 Statement to College and University Presidents / Scholars Against Sweatshop Labor 224

4.11 Developing Effective Mechanisms for Implementing Labor Rights in the Global Economy / Pharis Harvey, Terry Collingsworth, Bama Athreya 228

Part V Rolling Back Globalization

5.1 Our Word Is Our Weapon / Subcomandante Marcos 258

5.2 Bringing the Food Economy Back In: The Social, Ecological, and Economic Benefits of Local Food / Helena Norberg-Hodge, Todd Merrifield, Steven Gorelick 262

5.3 Jaiv Panchayat: Biodiversity Protection at the Village Level / Research Foundation for Science, Technology, and Ecology 269

5.4 The Cochabamba Declaration on Water: Globalization, Privatization, and the Search for Alternatives / Coordinadora de Defensa del Agua y de la Vida (Coalition in Defense of Water and Life) 273

5.5 The Treaty Initiative: To Share and Protect the Global Water Commons / Maude Barlow, Jeremy Rifkin for the Council of Canadians 274

5.6 South-South Summit Declaration: Towards a Debt-Free Millennium / Jubilee South 275

5.7 Controlling Casino Capital / Robin Round 282

5.8 How Much Is "Enough"? / Alan Thein Durning 287

5.9 Toward a Deglobalized World / Walden Bello 292

C.1 Globalization: Can Governments, Companies, and Yes, the Protesters Ever Learn to Get Along? / Jerry Useem 305.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0742510336

0742510344

OCLC:

48517373