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Legalizing transnational activism : the struggle to gain social change from NAFTA's citizen petitions / Jonathan Graubart.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Graubart, Jonathan, 1963- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- North American Free Trade Agreement (1992 December 17).
- North American Free Trade Agreement.
- Citizen suits (Civil procedure)--North America.
- Citizen suits (Civil procedure).
- Environmental law--North America.
- Environmental law.
- Labor laws and legislation--North America.
- Labor laws and legislation.
- Environmental protection--North America--Citizen participation.
- Environmental protection.
- Free trade--Social aspects--North America.
- Free trade.
- Labor movement--Political aspects--North America.
- Labor movement.
- Labor unions--Law and legislation--North America.
- Labor unions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (184 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2008]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Examines the effectiveness of the citizen-petition mechanisms established by North American Free Trade Agreement's parallel labor and environmental accords. Reconceptualizes the changing roles of international law and transnational activism in shaping global and domestic politics"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Legalizing politics
- Politicizing law
- The rise and decline of NAFTA's labor petitions
- The importance of institutional support : NAFTA's environmental-petition mechanism.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-163) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780271049267
- 027104926X
- 9780271035949
- 0271035943
- OCLC:
- 316652477
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