Economic governance in the age of globalization / William K. Tabb.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tabb, William K.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International economic relations.

Globalization--Economic aspects.

Globalization.

Globalization--Political aspects.

Globalization--Moral and ethical aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (528 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Rapid growth, reduced poverty, and stable societies: the announced benefits of the world economy celebrated by neoliberal proponents of "the Washington consensus" have failed to materialize. What does this failure mean for future world order and the U.S. role as global hegemon? Addressing this crucial question, William Tabb argues that global economic institutions such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund constitute a nascent international state for which all previous models of sovereignty, accountability and equity are inadequate. Integrating economics and political science, Tabb traces the emergence of this global state from the closing days of World War II and examines its future prospects. Even as the United States will continue to dominate the emerging structures of world governance, Tabb maintains, it will have to change the assumptions behind its championing of classical models of international free trade. A new financial architecture must encompass debt forgiveness, multilateral agreements on investment, and a more inclusive model of growth in the twenty-first century.

Contents:

Front matter

CONTENTS

Chapter One. Introduction

Chapter Two. The Verb and the Noun

Chapter Three. Debating Globalization

Chapter Four. The Nature and Scope of International Political Economy

Chapter Five. The Postwar Economic Order and Global State Economic Governance Institutions

Chapter Six. Clubs, Soft Law and International Financial Institutions

Chapter Seven. The Bretton Woods Institutions in Operation

Chapter Eight. Finance: Orthodox and Heterodox

Chapter Nine. Transnational Corporations and Trade Theory

Chapter Ten. From International Trade Organization to World Trade Organization

Chapter Eleven. Market Efficiency Versus Labor Rights and Environmental Protection

Chapter Twelve. Redecorating and New Architecture

Chapter Thirteen. The Evolving Political Economy

References

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [431]-486) and index.

ISBN:

9780231505758

0231505752

OCLC:

277199663