Linking trade, environment, and social cohesion : NAFTA experiences, global challenges / edited by John J. Kirton, Virginia W. Maclaren.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kirton, John J.

Maclaren, Virginia White, 1953-

Series:

Global environmental governance series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

North American Free Trade Agreement (1992 December 17).

North American Free Trade Agreement.

Free trade--North America.

Free trade.

Sustainable development.

North America.

Sustainable development--North America.

Economic development--Social aspects.

Economic development.

Local Subjects:

North American Free Trade Agreement.

Physical Description:

xxv, 379 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT, USA : Ashgate, [2002]

Contents:

1 Forging the Trade-Environment-Social Cohesion Link: Global Challenges, North American Experiences / John J. Kirton, Virginia W. Maclaren 1

Part I Linking Trade, Environment, and Social Values: the Global and Nafta Experiences

2 From Trade Liberalisation to Sustainable Development: The Challenges of Integrated Global Governance / Pierre Marc Johnson 27

3 The New Interface Agenda among Trade, Environment, and Social Cohesion / William A. Dymond 37

4 Embedded Ecologism and Institutional Inequality: Linking Trade, Environment, and Social Cohesion in the G8 / John J. Kirton 45

5 Winning Together: The NAFTA Trade-Environment Record / John J. Kirton 73

Part II Investor Protection: Evaluating the NAFTA Chapter 11 Model

6 The Masked Ball of NAFTA Chapter 11: Foreign Investors, Local Environmentalists, Government Officials, and Disguised Motives / Sanford E. Gaines 103

7 Environmental Expropriation under NAFTA Chapter 11: The Phantom Menace / Julie Soloway 131

8 Investment and the Environment: Multilateral and North American Perspectives / Konrad von Moltke 145

Part III Environmental Protection: Evaluating the NAFTA Commission for Environmental Cooperation Model

9 Stormy Weather: The Recent History of the Citizen Submission Process of the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation / Christopher Tollefson 153

10 Public Participation within NAFTA's Environmental Agreement: The Mexican Experience / Gustavo Alanis Ortega 183

11 Article 14-15 of the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation: Intent of the Founders / Serena Wilson 187

Part IV Worker Protection: Evaluating the NAFTA Commission for Labor Cooperation Model

12 Civil Society and the North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation / Kevin Banks 195

13 Giving Teeth to NAFTA's Labour Side Agreement / Jonathan Graubart 203

Part V Assessing Environmental Effects: Local, North American, and Global Perspectives

14 Understanding the Environmental Effects of Trade: Some Lessons from NAFTA / Scott Vaughan 225

15 Sustainability Assessments of Trade Agreements: Global Approaches / Sarah Richardson 243

16 Concern for the Environmental Effects of Trade in Canadian Communities: Evidence from Local Indicator Reports / Virginia W. Maclaren 265

17 Using Indicators to Engage the Community in Sustainability Debates / Noel Keough 277

18 Development and Usability of a System for Environment and Health Indicators: A Case Study / David L. Buckeridge, Carl G. Amrhein 297

Part VI Concluding Reflections

19 Fix It or Nix It? Will the NAFTA Model Survive? / Sylvia Ostry 319.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [333]-362) and index.

ISBN:

0754619346

OCLC:

49239805