Contesting Global Governance: Multilateral Economic Institutions and Global Social Movements (Cambridge Studies in International Relations, Series Number 71) - Hardcover

O'Brien, Robert; Goetz, Anne Marie; Scholte, Jan Aart; Williams, Marc

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521773156 ISBN 13: 9780521773157

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2000

Synopsis

The contest to shape global governance is increasingly being conducted on a number of levels and among a diverse set of actors. This book argues that increasing engagement between international institutions and sectors of civil society is producing a new form of international organization. The authors study the relationship between the IMF, World Bank, and World Trade Organisation, and environmental, labor, and women's movements, providing a rich analysis of the institutional response to social movement pressure.

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Review

"empirically rich" Foreign Affairs

"...[the book] usefully highlights the unresolved tensions between state-sponsored institutions and growing transnational civic activism." Foreign Affairs

"useful study...the analysis is refreshing...this book remains useful for scholars of social movements." The Georgetown Public Policy Review Fall 2001

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521773156
• ISBN 13: 9780521773157
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 280