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Governing Cotton : Globalization and Poverty in Africa / by A. Sneyd.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sneyd, Adam, 1978-
- Series:
- International Political Economy Series, 2662-2491
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- International relations.
- Asia--Politics and government.
- Asia.
- Economic development.
- Africa--Politics and government.
- Africa.
- International economic relations.
- International Relations.
- Asian Politics.
- Development Studies.
- African Politics.
- International Political Economy'.
- Local Subjects:
- International Relations.
- Asian Politics.
- Development Studies.
- African Politics.
- International Political Economy'.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (254 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2011.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book traces the historic relationships between cotton production, the international cotton trade and poverty south of the Sahara, and assesses various approaches to corporate social responsibility and nongovernmental policy advocacy in this area.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: Cotton-Picking Problems Beyond the WTO; 2 Historic Relationships Between Cotton and Poverty; 3 Global Trade Governance and Cotton Dependence: Beyond Poverty Maintenance; 4 Breaking the Historic Relationships in Tanzania; 5 NGOs, Conventional Production and Poverty; 6 CSR and the Cotton-Poverty Relationship; 7 Conclusions: Global Interventions and Poverty Eradication; Appendix A: Sources for Cotton Statistics; Appendix B: Stabilization, Adjustment and Rural Livelihoods; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612999505
- 9781282999503
- 1282999508
- 9780230299450
- 0230299458
- OCLC:
- 700707049
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