Beyond the Barricades: The Americas Trade And Sustainable Development Agenda - Hardcover

9780754644460: Beyond the Barricades: The Americas Trade And Sustainable Development Agenda

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0754644464 ISBN 13: 9780754644460

Publisher: Ashgate Pub Co, 2005

Beyond the barricades surrounding recent economic meetings, a constructive agenda is being developed on trade and sustainability issues in the Americas. This book brings together a diversity of perspectives and expertise on environment and development issues from governments, civil society and businesses in the Western Hemisphere. The book reviews specific areas where trade, environment and social policies intersect in the Americas, proposing that more integrated laws and policies could strengthen hemispheric progress toward sustainable development. It identifies new means of implementing this agenda, including changes to proposed trade agreements such as the FTAA, and ways to strengthen environmental and social cooperation mechanisms in the region, laying out future directions for law and policy in the region. The volume incorporates a variety of perspectives with policy options and research results from across the Americas. Critical yet constructive, it will appeal to students and scholars interested in the Americas integration process, as well as to development professionals and NGOs on the ground.

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About the Author:

Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger is Director of the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL) in Montreal, Canada, where she also coordinates an Americas research project for the United Nations Environment Programme (ROLAC), the International Institute for Sustainable Development and the CISDL. Maria Leichner Reynal is Executive Director and Co-founder of the Fundacion Ecos in Uruguay, and a Lead Counsel at the CISDL.

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